What is the Viking Creation Story?

The vikings believed that at the begining of time there was nothings, then Bur lifted the level land and created what they callled Mithgarth. The sun was to the south and it warme dthe eath from the world of fire, or Muspellsheim. There were nine worlds in the vikings mythology: Mithgarth(world or men), Alfheimr(elves), Svartalfaheim(black elves), Vanaheimr(heroes), Muspellheim(world of fire), Jotunheimr(world of giants), Niflheim(world of ice), Asgard(where the gods live), Hel(the underworld), Ginnungagap(they believed it was at the end of the ocean that no one had ever been). The first to be made were the giants, then the dwarfs, and the dwafs made humans,and so on until all the worlds were made. There was also a great tree called the Yggdrasil whcih is where Orthin, the king of the gods, killed himself to gain knowledge of how this all came to be from a "Volva", or wise woman. After he comes back from the dead he has knowledge of the runes, which is like the modern alphabet(Poetic Edda).


Works Cited:
"The Poetic Edda: Voluspo." Ow.ly - Shorten Urls, Share Files and Track Visits - Owly. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. .