Man and Woman are Created

Then from the throng.....did three come forth,
From the home of the gods,.....the mighty and gracious;
Two without fate.....on the land they found,
Ask and Embla,.....empty of might.

Soul they had not,.....sense they had not,
Heat nor motion,.....nor goodly hue;
Soul gave Othin,.....sense gave Hnir,
Heat gave Lothur.....and goodly hue.


-Völuspá, 17 and 18 (trans. Bellows)