The Prose Edda on Ask
The Younger Edda: > Snorre'S Edda, Or The Prose Edda. > Preface.
attestation: The first humans Ask and Embla were formed from two trees and given the breath of life by the gods
"the gods formed man and woman in their own image of two trees, and breathed into them the breath of life. Ask and Embla became living souls"
attestation: Ask and Embla received a garden in Midgard as their dwelling place
"they received a garden in Midgard as a dwelling-place for themselves and their children"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter V. > The Creation--(Continued.)
attestation: Bor's sons found two trees by the sea-strand and made the first humans from them
"As Bor's sons went along the sea-strand, they found two trees. These trees they took up and made men of them"
attestation: The first man was named Ask and the first woman Embla; they are ancestors of all mankind
"the man they called Ask, and the woman Embla. From them all mankind is descended"