Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Well, I've seen one translation,
And you may be right. 
If you are I might consider a name change,
It's given me a fright.
Tho, giving birth to gods,
And lots of trolls,
Is something that is interesting,
The virtues I can't extoll.
It is kinda interesting,
In a peverse kind of way.
But this is all new to me,
I've only heard this translation today.                                                    
I liked the name because in my book,
He was a giant formed from ice,
And sparks drawn for the fire, 
Opposite elements - how nice.
Then from Ymir's body,
The gods made the universe.
In addition, it means "noisemaker",
When translated from old verse.                                                    
The drinking from the big ol' cow,
And the other stuff,
Is something I'd not heard before,
But, hey, that's life, it's tough.
I'm far too old and decrpit,
To go changing my name now,
At least it was a bovine,
And not a big ol' sow!                                                    
Cheers from the Land of Oz

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