The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda

by Snorri Sturluson

CHAPTER IV.

Ask means an ash-tree, and Embla an elm-tree.

While the etymology of the names in the myths are very obscure, the myths themselves are clear enough. Similar myths abound in Greek mythology. The story about Bil and Hjuke is our old English rhyme about Jack and Gill, who went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.