Ymir (comics)
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Ymir is a Marvel Comics monster and is based on the frost giant Ymir of Norse mythology.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Formed at the beginning of creation, Ymir considers all other forms of life - with the exception of his kin the Frost Giants - to be aberrations that must be destroyed. Ymir's actual history in the Marvel universe is complicated by the fact that the mythical Hyborian Age - in which the adventures of Conan are set - formed part of this Earth's history. During this time Ymir was worshipped by proto-Vikings called the Aesir and Vanir, who lived to the north of Cimmeria. In the Robert E. Howard short story The Frost Giant's Daughter, Conan had an encounter with a female called Atali and her two brothers, who were apparently the children of Ymir.[1]
Thousands of years later the Sons of Satannish would call Ymir - and Surtur - to Earth.[2]
[edit] Powers and abilities
The Marvel Comics version appears as a gigantic being composed of ice and is over 1,000 feet tall. Ymir possesess strength and durability exceeding even Thor's. He also the ability to generate intense, deadly cold and regeneration from as little as a particle of ice. Ymir also carries a huge icicle which functions as a club. Ymir is an ancient being whose thinking is rather limited: his energies are devoted to destruction and little else. This may in fact be Ymir's Achilles Heel, and the reason why Odin and his two brother gods, Ville and Ve, were able to defeat him.[3]
[edit] Appearances in other media
[edit] Video games
- Ymir appears as a villain in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
[edit] References
- ^ Savage Tales Vol. 1, #1
- ^ Avengers Vol. 1, #61
- ^ Journey Into Mystery Vol. 1, #97
