Audhumla

Audhumla is the primordial cow in Norse creation mythology, emerging from the melting ice of Niflheim to lick the frost giant Búri free from the ice, becoming the ancestor of the gods. She nourished Ymir with four rivers of milk flowing from her udders, sustaining the first being. Audhumla symbolizes nurturing, fertility, and the life-giving force in the void of Ginnungagap. Her act of licking and nourishing represents creation from chaos and the maternal role in the birth of existence. Audhumla embodies sustenance and the sacred origin of life in Norse cosmology.