Associations to the word «Ymir»

Wiktionary

YMIR, proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Dictionary definition

YMIR, noun. (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.