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Vafthruthnir spake: "Out of Ymir's flesh was fashioned the earth, And the mountains were made of his bones; The sky from the frost-cold  giant's skull, And the ocean out of his blood."

Othin spake: "Next answer me well, if thy wisdom avails, And thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now: Whence came the moon,  o'er the world of men That fares, and the flaming sun?"

Vafthruthnir spake: "Mundilferi is he who begat the moon, And fathered the flaming sun; The round of heaven  each day they run, To tell the time for men."

Othin spake: "Third answer me well, if wise thou art called, If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now: Whence came the day,  o'er mankind that fares, Or night with the narrowing moon?"