The Viking story of creation can be found in the Poetic Edda, one of their sacred texts. There were nine worlds of the Gods. Before these worlds had come to be, there was nothing but a large gap. No sand, seas, grass, Earth or Heaven above. Then Bur's sons; Othin, Vili, and Ve; lifted up the land and made Mithgard, the "Middle Dwelling", which was the world of men. This is where all the Vikings and other people lived(but not yet). The sun was brought up from the south, and it warmed up the earth. The ground became green, and leeks began to grow. The moon came up from the south, and so did the stars, but they didn't know where their place was. So they went to the Gods. The Gods decided what noon would be, and what twilight would be. They named morning as the time when the moon waned, and they called the time when the moon was up night and evening. After this, all of the Gods met at Ithavoll, where there were many shrines and temples. They set forges and smithied ore, to make tools. Three giant-maids came up to the Gods, and they held a council to decide who should raise the race of dwarves. All the dwarves are created, and then the maidens left.
Source:
"The Poetic Edda." Internet Sacred Text Archive Home. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe03.htm>.
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Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yggdrasil.jpg>.
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