Askr and Embla

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In Scandinavian myths, men and women - Ask and Embla (from Old Norse: Askr ok Embla) are the first two people made by God. It was confirmed by poetic Edda compiled by traditional materials in the beginning of the 13th century and essay Edda written by Snowy Starson in the 13th century. Of these two sources, three gods, one of them Odin, found Ask and Embla and gave them a variety of physical and mental gifts. Many theories have been proposed to explain these two numbers, and they are occasionally mentioned in popular culture.

According to poetical Edda poetry Völuspá and prose Edda, the first pair of human couples consists of Ask and Embla, the floating trees are discovered by the three gods and full of life in the form of three gifts I will. After the disaster in Ragnarok, this process reflected two people surviving from the forest; Líf and Lífårasir. Please replenish the new green earth from these two human predictions. Many heroes have appeared in Norse mythology and are celebrated with various poems, songs, and stories. Among prose and poetic Eda, the famous man appeared in Skáldskaparmál and Gylfaginning after being deceived by Loki to serve Sweden's first king Gylfi, King of Georröth and Thor of Gylfaginning. Edda prose also explains the world after the death of human beings, with the respected warriors fighting in endless fighting in Valhalla, those who can not shamelessly or fight are sent to Niffelheim

Jaan Puhvel commented, "Ancient myths were full of Adam and its first couple of by-products Eve." In the Indo - European tradition, these legends include Vedamaya, Yamī, Iran Mašya and Mašyānag in Askr in Iceland. And Ambra sometimes throws dragon's teeth and other bone materials, with trees and rocks as the preferred material. "In his study of comparative evidence of human origin in the Indo-European society, Andershardt Guard said" Man comes from trees or trees. " The myth seems to be particularly close to ancient Europe, India, India. In contrast to European people in Asia and Iran, the Near East culture is almost completely a kind of anthropological story derived from human clay, earth or blood through the creation of God.