Editing Ask and Embla (section)

{{Short description|First two humans, created by the gods in Norse mythology}}
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[[Image:Odin, Lodur, Hoenir skabe Ask og Embla by Frølich.jpg|thumb|300px|upright|"Hœnir, Lóðurr and Odin create Askr and Embla" (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]].]]

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Ask and Embla''' ({{langx|non|Askr ok Embla}})—man and woman respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''[[Prose Edda]]'', composed in the 13th century. In both sources, [[Numbers in Germanic paganism|three]] gods, one of whom is [[Odin]], find Ask and Embla and bestow upon them various corporeal and spiritual gifts. A number of theories have been proposed to explain the two figures, and there are occasional references to them in popular culture.