Ymir was the ‘first being’ of Norse Mythology, and the ancestor of all mythical creatures. Ymir was born when the fire from Muspelheim and ice from Niflheim met in the abyss of Ginnungagap. Ymir is both male and female, and therefore, was able to birth the first generation of mythical beings asexually. Three of Ymir’s defendants Vili, Ve & Odin slayed the First Being, and then created the earth and cosmos from the corpse. The blood became the seas and oceans, while the bones made up rocks and mountains. The hair was used for trees, while the skull was transformed into the sky and heavens, with the brains making up the clouds. And finally, the eyebrows were fashioned into the Midgard – the ‘middle realm’ of mankind. More commonly known as Earth.