Ymir, The primal frost-giant king and god of both the Aesir and Vanir.

To the Nordheimir, he represents the Earth itself, which they perceive as formed entirely of ice and snow. He is worshipped not in elaborate rituals but by doing battle all day, then drinking and singing all night. Ymir appears predominantly in the creation myth of the Nordheimir, who have little enough need for the gods save as sources for their tall tales and wild songs. He is said to have been the first living being, created from thawed ice. Ymir’s body produced the first humans, a man & a woman congealed from the sweat of the great giant king. From these sprang the races of The Vanir and The Aesir.