Sources from which he drew 42 SECTION I. THE SCANDINAVIAN UNIVERSE, ITS WORLDS, AND THEIR INHABITANTS IN GENERAL, WITH THE PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION. CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE.—YMER.—THE GIANTS.—THE GODS.—OTHER BEINGS.—THE NINE WORLDS, WITH THEIR POSITION AND PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION.—THE TWELVE HOUSES OF ASGARD.—SWARTALFAHEIM.—INHABITANTS OF THE NINE WORLDS.—THE ASER.—THE VEVER, ETC. Page Progress of Creation according to that 43 venerable Authority, the Elder Edda The Waters of Nifleheim flow into the 43 Abyss and freeze But they are thawed by the Fires of 44 Muspelheim To the Operation of Cold and Heat on the 44 Waters of Nifleheim must be ascribed the Origin of this visible Universe Generation of Ymer, the Patriarch of the 44 Frost Giants Creation of the Cow Andumbla, which 45 calls Burè into Existence From this new Being, half Deity, half 45 Giant, arose Odin, Vilè, and Vè Ymer destroyed, and the Universe formed 45 from his Body Affinities between the Scandinavian and 46 other Systems of Mythology The Cow, as a Symbol, very generally 47 diffused Physical Interpretation of the Mythos 47 Physical Interpretation of another 48 Mythos, the Destruction of Ymer and his Offspring Notions concerning a Supreme, Eternal 49 Being entertained by the Scandinavians Creation of other Beings, especially the 50 Dwarfs Creation of Man 51 Page THE NINE WORLDS. Page GIMLÈ AND MUSPELHEIM 53 MIDGARD AND UTGARD 53 ASGARD 55 Divine Residences in Asgard:— 1. Ydale 56 2. Alfheim 57 3. Valaskialf 57 4. Soequabeck 58 5. Gladsheim 58 6. Thrymheim 58 7. Breidablik 59 8. Himmelbierg 60 9. Folkvangur 60 10. Glitner 61