[[Image:Faroe stamp 430 The First Human Beings.jpg|thumb|Ask and Embla on a postage stamp of the Faroe Islands, 2003 by [[Anker Eli Petersen]].]]
In [[Norse Mythology]], '''Ask and Embla''' ([[Old Norse language|ON]]: ''Askr ok Embla'') were the first two humans created by the gods.

==Creation==
[[Odin]] and his brothers, [[Ve]] and [[Vili]], were the creators of the first man and woman. They took two pieces of driftwood from a beach and gave them human shapes. Odin then gave them the breath of life, Vili gave them wit and emotions, and Ve gave them senses and speech. These two people, Ask ("[[ash (tree)|ash]]"), the male, and Embla ("[[elm]]"), became the progenitors of all humanity; they lived in [[Midgard]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tjatsi.fo/?side=f107a1056972d6d3ce4a753aae201881 Tjatsi.fo – Retelling and Interpretation of Völuspá] (Public Domain, by Anker Eli Petersen)

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