Ginnungagap

Early of agesWhen nothing wasThere was neither sand nor seaNor cold wavesThe earth was not foundNor the sky aboveGinnungagap was thereBut grass, nowhere...Bright burning landRealm of fireImpassable flamesDark World, home of HvergelmirSource of eleven rivers strongFrozen ice reaching the southToo meet with warming windsFrom the depths comes the likeness of manFather of fell deeds..Ymir his name to be, first of the JotunNourished by four great riversFrom the Primeval Cow...Fell fate awaitsHe who soon will shape the Earth...