#audhumbla

my take on Audhumbla

Above: Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla, ca. 1777 - oil on canvas (Statens Museum for Kunst)

The first day of what I’ll be calling Norse November where everyday of November I’ll be posting a different drawing of a character from Norse Mythology, some gods, some giants, and some primordial beings like this fellow and his cow. This is Ymir and Auðumbla. In the case of Ymir, he was one of the first beings in the universe, brought to life by the primordial forces of fire and ice, born out of the dark mist at the beginning of everything, the personification of frozen oceans and tempered flame. It’s unclear as to how Auðumbla came to be but she would sustain Ymir with her milk and became his longtime companion. Ymir also created the first giants from his sweat of all things, and so he came to be known as the father of all giants.