Then Odin turned his attention to the bones.
They emerged from the split corpse, massive structures that had given Ymir form, that had supported her impossible size. He lifted them with his will, positioning them with precise care across the forming planet.
Some he drove deep, plunging them into the world's core, where they became foundations. Others he raised high, stacking them, fusing them, creating towers of bone that pierced upward.
These became mountains, great spines of the world that gave shape and structure to everything that would grow upon them.
The largest bones formed ranges that stretched across continents, while smaller ones became isolated peaks.
The tiniest fragments settled into the earth, becoming the mineral. Each bone carried within it the memory of giving form to awareness. Mountains formed from these bones would be places of significance, where the boundary between physical and spiritual thinned.
Odin's gaze lifted to Ymir's skull.
