Embla

American  

[em-blah] / ˈɛm blɑ /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.

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Etymology

Origin of Embla

< Old Norse, probably akin to almr elm

Example Sentences

Last of all they gave the two people they had made names: the man they called Ask, or Ash Tree; the woman they called Embla, or Elm.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Embla and Ask stayed in Midgard, safe behind the wall the gods had made from Ymir’s eyelashes.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Ask and Embla were the father and the mother of all of us: every human being owes its life to its parents and their parents and their parents before them.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Go far enough back, and the ancestors of each of us were Ask and Embla.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

They gave them clothing and names; the man Ask and the woman Embla; thence was mankind begotten, to whom an abode was given under Midgard.

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William