Terra was still having problems regaining control of her limbs and required crutches, she now sat in the library reading a world history book.
Twas the earliest of times when Ymir lived; There was no sand or sea nor cooling wave Earth had not been nor Heaven on high, there was a yawning void and grass nowhere.
In the morning of time there was no sand, no sea and no clouds. There was no Heaven, no earth, and no grass. There was only a region of icy mist called Niflheim, a region of fire called Muspell, and a great yawning empty void between them called Ginnungagap. Over time, The flames of Muspell warmed the frozen vapors of Niflheim, the ice melted into water and began to drip. Quickened with life, the water dripped into the void and formed two new creatures.
The first was a wicked frost-giant named Ymir, The second was a huge cow named Audumla. As Ymir drank Audumla's milk , he grew bigger and stronger. One night as Ymir slept, a troll with six heads grew from the soles of his feet, and a male and female frost-giant sprung from Ymir's warm armpit.
The ice cow had also brought about life. As she licked the salty ice blocks she slowly licked a new creature into being. The first day hair came forth; the second day came a head- and finally on the third day, the body of the new giant emerged. This giant was a good giant who's name was Buri. His sons and grandsons became gods instead of giants, and they stood for all that was good and honorable.
The greatest of Buri's grandsons was the god Odin. Odin led his brothers against the wicked frost-giant Ymir. They killed Ymir and ever after that time, the gods and giants were deadly enemies.
After Odin and his brothers had slain the frost-giant, they dragged his enormous body into the void. Ymir's flesh became the the earth, his blood became the sea. His bones became the mountains; His hair, trees; and his teeth, stones.
Terra looked up to see Loki staring at her "Hey handsome" "What are you reading?" he looked at the book "True Asgardian History." he smiled "I see you are finally looking for answers" she smiled "I have longed to know my heritage for years" he smiled back "then I shall leave you to your reading" he picked up a book of spells and sat down across from her.
Then Odin and his brothers discovered worms living in the earth that was Ymir's flesh, and then they turned them into dwarves and dark elves and sent them to mine ore beneath the mountains and hills. The world of dwarves was called Nidavellir; and the realm of the dark elves was called Svartalfheim.
The gods also discovered lovely creatures in the soil, they called them light elves and placed them in a world called Alfheim. The blood that flowed from Ymir's veins became the sea, and it drowned all the frost-giants. Only two escaped in a boat and began a new race of giants. From this race came all Warlocks, enchanters, ogres, and witches, including a witch in the woods who gave birth to all the wolves of the world.
Then Odin set Ymir's skull over the earth and called it sky, He spread the giants brains throughout the sky and called them clouds. At the four corners of the sky he placed four dwarves name Nordi, Sudri, Austri, and Vestri- or North, South, East, and West.
Odin and his brothers caught sparks from the fires of Muspell and turned them into stars. They out a girl names Sun and a boy named Moon into two chariots of fire and placed them in the sky. From then on, Sun and Moon were chased by a ferocious wolf named Moon-Hound.
Odin Also Gave Chariots to a goddess named Night and her son named Day. Night rode behind a horse called Frosty-mane; the foam from his mouth became the dew of the early morning. Then Odin and his Kin took Ymir's Eye brows and turned them into a land called Midgard. They made Two humans from trees-A man from an Ash and a woman from an Elm. They gave the the humans spirit, life, speech, hearing, sight, clothing, temples, and shrines.
The the gods left their human friends in Midgard and crossed over a flaming rainbow bridge to a world called Asgard. There they built golden halls - one for the gods and one for the goddesses, for the goddesses were no less important than the gods. Odin, the greatest of the Gods is the god of war and death. After a battle ended, Warrior maidens called Valkyries, picked up the dead bodies and carried them off to Odin's Palace, Valhalla, Hall of the slain.
Odin's wife Frigga, sat on the throne next ti him. She was the goddess of knowledge and knew all that happened in the worlds. Frigga could look into the future and see fates of gods and men, but she kept all her visions a secret, never sharing them with anyone.
Odin has Many sons. With Frigga, he had twin boys, Balder and Hod. Balder, their favorite, was like the sun. He was the most gentle and beautiful of all the gods. Hod was blind and ruled the black hours of night.
Odin's second favorite son was Thor. The strongest of all the gods, Thor was the god of the sky and thunder. His wife, sif, had long hair made of gold. The god Heimdall was also a son of Odin. Night and day, he watched the rainbow bridge, keeping out enemies. His sight was so keen he could see in the dark; his sense of sound was so sharp he could hear wool growing on sheep.
In the early days, there were two kinds of gods; the Aesir and the Vanir. Odin and his kin were Aesir and lived in Asgard and the Vanir, the god and goddesses of nature, lived in vanaheim.
One day the Aesir and the Vanir went to war. The fighting lasted until both grew weary and decided to become friends. Thereafter, The Vanir god Njord lived in Asgard and ruled the wind and seas. His son Frey ruled over the rain and sunshine. And his daughter, Freya, was the goddess of love.
There was one god who was neither Aesir nor Vanir. His name was Loki.
Terra looked at her fiance who was deep in to his book and smiled before returning to her book.
He was the son of two giants and the foster brother of Thor. Loki was the most dangerous of of all the gods, for sometimes he was a friend and sometimes he was purely evil. No one ever knew when he could be trusted.
From the mighty halls of Asgard, the gods and goddesses ruled all the nine worlds. They were:
Nifleheim, World of the mist and dead.
Muspell, World of fire.
Midgard, world of humans.
Jotunheim, world of frost-giants.
Afheim, world of light elves.
Nidavellir, world of dwarves.
Svartalfheim, world of dark elves.
vanaheim, world of the Vanir gods.
Asgard, world of the Aesir gods and goddesses.
Above all the worlds was a wondrous tree called Yggdrasil, or the world tree. A wise eagle sat on top of the tree, surveying the universe.
One of the trees roots grew into Niflheim where a dreadful serpent ceaselessly gnawed on the root. A busy squirrel named ratatosk scurried up and down the world tree, carrying insults back and forth between the serpent and the eagle.
Another root of the tree grew into Asgard. Under that root was Urd's well, whose pure waters helped protect the world tree, for it suffered terribly from deer and goats eating its leaves. A third root coiled into Jotunheim. And under that root was Mimir's well, whose magic water held all the wisdom and memory of ancient lore.
Hidden in Mimir's well was a trumpet that belonged to Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard. All th gods knew that one day a blast on Heimdall's trumpet would announce the last bitter battle between the gods and the forces of evil. This final battle, called Ragnarok, would bring about the total destruction of the nine realms.
Terra closed the book and smiled "Loki I am done for today" he looked up from his book at last and smiled at her, he picked up her crutches and handed them to her "Let us go eat something, it is quite late after all" Terra smiled and hobbled behind him.
Shutting the door they made there way to the dining hall.