Ymer

Other legends recount that P'an Ku had the head of a dragon and the body of a serpent; and that by breathing he caused the wind, by opening his eyes he created day, his voice made the thunder, etc. P'an Ku and Ymer

Myths and Legends of China 1909

Chinese artificer of the universe and Ymer, the giant, who discharges the same functions in Scandinavian mythology.

Myths and Legends of China 1909

There is also another tradition, probably a later, which asserts that from the drops of water produced by the primeval breath of heat, a man, Ymer, was brought forth.

The God-Idea of the Ancients 1897

The son of Ymer was preserved in a storm-tossed bark, his father being dragged into the middle of the abyss, where, from his body the earth was produced.

The God-Idea of the Ancients 1897

As for the Pelew Islanders in particular, what Westermarck cites from Ymer is quite true; it is also true that if a man beats or insults a woman he must pay a fine or suffer the death penalty; and that if he approaches a place where women are bathing he must put them on their guard by shouting.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

Notwithstanding his experience in 1876, when, he several times ran the _Ymer_ aground, he had not yet got a clear idea of the difference between the build of an ocean vessel and of the common flat-bottomed Yenisej lighters, and his conception of the responsibility of a pilot was expressed by his seeking, when he was allowed to take his own course, to forget in the arms of sleep all dangers and difficulties.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

Schwanenberg, who soon afterwards came to the neighbourhood, succeeded in purchasing from an Englishman, Mr. SEEBOHM, another little vessel, which was also built at Yenisejsk by Mr. Boiling for the purpose of transporting thither the goods which I had carried in the _Ymer_ to Korepovskoj, a _simovie_ on the bank of the Yenisej in

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

The voyages of the _Proeven_ and the _Ymer_ led to several purely commercial voyages to the Yenisej and the Ob, of which however I can here with the greatest brevity mention only the following:

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

Odin, with his brothers, slew the giant Ymer, and from his body formed the heavens and earth.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

From the opposition of light and darkness, water and fire, cold and heat, sprung the first life, the giant Ymer and his evil progeny the frost giants, the cow Adhumla, and Bor, the father of the god Odin.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853