Embla

I discovered through studying Voluspa in Old Norse that there were reasons to see “I know an ash O.N. Ask called Yggdrassil” to be a continuation of the previous stanzas, which were about the creation of man and woman from “Ask” (Ash) and Embla (meaning obscure– could mean “elm,” “vine,” or “ornament”).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Considering a Candidate’s Religion: 2009

My goal was Embla, a lingerie store I had heard a lot about and had a gift voucher for.

ITIL and underwear magnio 2009

They gave them clothing and names; the man Ask and the woman Embla; thence was mankind begotten, to whom an abode was given under Midgard.

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

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moving day! Michele 2005

They cluster and dance everywhere upon the bare boughs above the watercourses; the blackness of the buds is softened into rich brown and yellow; and as this graceful creature thus comes waving into the spring, it is pleasant to remember that the Norse Eddas fabled the first woman to have been named Embla, because she was created from an alder-bough.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Three Aesir, great and kind, went to the world and found in utter weakness Ask and Embla, the first human pair.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Lastly, the first man and woman are created, Ask and Embla, whom Odin found as weak and miserable being on the seashore.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Odin, Vili, and Ve (who here correspond to Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Minerva, the three Greek creators of man) made the first human couple, Ask and Embla, out of blocks of wood.

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

Embla; thence was mankind begotten, to whom an abode was given under

The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873

Eve or Embla was made of elm, but Ask or Adam was made of ash.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853