Note 3 — The Wise-Woman’s Prophecy

Ymir: the giant out of whose body the gods made the world; cf. Vafthruthnismol, 21. In this stanza as quoted in Snorri’s Edda the first line runs: “Of old was the age | ere aught there was.” Yawning gap: this phrase, “Ginnunga-gap,” is sometimes used as a proper name.