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In Norse mythology, the father of the Jötunn, Ymir, was taken apart by the gods, and his body was used to make Midgard. His teeth became mountains, and his head became the dome of the sky.

There are many comparative myths throughout the world where a primordial being is defeated, broken apart, and the universe becomes ordered.

I think even our modern day creation myth, the Big Bang, has echoes of these long-held human truths. An initial high-density entity existing in a void breaks up into pieces, and then the pieces become ordered. We are all made of the resulting star stuff.