Lík / líkamr

The body / corpse

Lík (also líkamr) — the physical body in its visible, mortal form. The default Old Norse term for the body; appears across Eddic and saga sources without specialized doctrinal weight. Marks the corporeal vehicle to which the other parts are related.

Lík / líkamrLík / líkamrHamrǪndHugrÓðrHamingjaFylgjaDísSál

Point 1 of 9 in Old Norse Nine-Part Soul (reconstructed)

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Snorri, Prose Edda — Gylfaginning (primary_canonical)

Gylfaginning ch. 9 narrates the making of Askr and Embla and the gifts given to the first humans, including life and breath, while ch. 8 describes the cosmic body made from Ymir. Snorri does not present a nine-part soul taxonomy; this citation supplies the mythographic body-and-life frame only.

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