Editing Ginnungagap (section)

==Creation==
Ginnungagap appears as the primordial void in the Norse [[Creation myth|creation account]]. The ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' states:

{{Blockquote|Ginnungagap, the Yawning Void&nbsp;... which faced toward the northern quarter, became filled with heaviness, and masses of ice and rime, and from within, drizzling rain and gusts; but the southern part of the Yawning Void was lighted by those sparks and glowing masses which flew out of Múspellheim<ref>''The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson'', translated by [[Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur]], 1916, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_T1cAAAAMAAJ&q=which+faced+toward+the+northern+quarter%2C+became+filled+with+heaviness%2C+and+masses+of+ice+and+rime&pg=PA268 p. 17].</ref>}}

In the ''[[Völuspá]]'', a supernaturally long-lived [[Seeress (Germanic)|völva]] who was raised by [[Jötunn|jötnar]] tells the story of how [[Odin]] and his two brothers created the world from Ginnungagap.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Polomé |first1=Edgar Charles |author-link1=Edgar C. Polomé |last2=Turville-Petre |first2=E.O.G. |author-link2=Gabriel Turville-Petre |last3=Tikkanen |first3=Amy |date=2023-03-08 |title=Germanic religion and mythology |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-religion-and-mythology/Mythology |access-date=2023-04-30 |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |language=en}}</ref>