Behold
The void
Ginnungagap
The beginning of time
Cold reigns in Niflheim
A frozen river flows
The realm of frozen mist
Colder than death itself
Fire rages in Muspelheim
Surtr’s burning world
Residence of fire giants
Realm of molten rock
When two realms collide;
The water of Niflheim
The fire of Muspelheim
The universe is born
Oh Ginnungagap
Endless abyss
Creator of the nine worlds
How can thy emptiness invoke
The creation of nine worlds?
Birth of the universe
Yggdrasil holding nine worlds
Born out of nothing
A collision of fire and ice
Excerpt from Gylfaginning 4:
Ár var alda,
þat er ekki var,
var-a sandr né sær
né svalar unnir;
jörð fannsk eigi
né upphiminn,
gap var Ginnunga,
en gras ekki.
And when Ragnarök will come
The end of the gods
The world will return
To the state of Ginnungagap
May there once more
Come a collision of fire and ice
To plant Yggdrasil’s seed
Spawn the nine worlds again
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