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Vafthrudnis! say, since thou art wise,
And sacred truth thy speech supplies;
Whence shines the Moon with gilded horn?
And whence the sun illumes the morn?
sides separating it from the abyss, was called Ginnungagap: there the air was most pure, producing heat in one place and cold in another.
5. Then the Creator made the turbid waters of the Elivagi rivers to flow between the spaces of heat and cold.
6. From materials taken from this river, equally subject to the operation of heat and cold, he formed a mass and endued it with a living principle. This first formation was called Ymer, to whom was attributed a human appearance. He was supposed to be the μικροκοσμον of those elements from which the world was formed.
7. From the same materials the world, man, and all living things were created; those particles being selected for each which were most particularly suited to its nature.
It may be observed that there seem to be three divine persons which exceed all others. And because it is difficult to conceive of an operative
