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Auðumbla
Auðumbla (also spelled ''Auðumla'', ''Auðhumbla'', and ''Auðhumla'') is a primeval cow appearing in Norse mythology. It is attested in ''Gylfaginning'', a part of Snorri Sturluson's ''Prose Edda'', in association with Ginnungagap and Ymir. Auðumbla is not mentioned again in the ''Prose Edda'', and apart from one mention in ''Nafnaþulur'', its name does not occur in other ancient sources. Nevertheless, it is generally accepted by scholars as an authentic part of Norse mythos and not dismissed as an invention of Snorri Sturluson.
==Etymology==
Auðumbla's name appears in different variations in ''Prose Edda'' manuscripts. Its meaning is unclear. The word ''auð'' might be related to words meaning 'wealth', 'ease', 'fate' or 'emptiness', with 'wealth' perhaps being a likelier candidate. The word ''um(b)la'' is unclear, but judging from apparent cognates in other Germanic languages, it could mean 'polled cow'. Other vision says ''þumb'' could be the word stem.
Another theory links it with the name ''Ymir''. The name may have been obscure and interpreted differently even in pagan times.
The name can be represented or Anglicized as ''Audumbla'', ''Audumla'', ''Audhumbla'', ''Audhumla'', ''Authumbla'', ''Authumla'', ''Authhumbla'', ''Authhumla'', ''Audhhumbla'' or ''Audhhumla''. In Swedish it is also ''Ödhumla''. In this case, the letter ''i'' in ''bird'' and ''girl'' has a pronunciation very similar to ''ö'' (o with umlaut).
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