Audhumla
[the nourishing power ], in Scandinavian mythology, is
the cow created by Surt to nourish Ymir. She supplied him with four
rivers of milk, and was herself nourished by licking the rocks. (See
Ymir.)
Bör, the first man, was made by Audhumla licking salt from the snow.
Odin was the son of Bör.
The breath of Audhumla was very sweet, but her milk was bitter.
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