Bergelmer
Bergelmer survived the flood of Ymer's blood by escaping on an ark with his wife
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Bergelmer survived the flood of Ymer's blood by escaping on an ark with his wife (Prose Edda, The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Creation Of The World.)
Prose Edda
- attestation: Bergelmer survived the flood of Ymer's blood by escaping on an ark with his wife (The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Creation Of The World.)
"Him the giants call Bergelmer. He and his wife went on board his ark and saved themselves in it"
- relationship: The new race of frost-giants descends from Bergelmer and his wife after the flood (The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Creation Of The World.)
"From them are come new races of frost-giants"
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Prose Edda, Norse Tradition