Editing Hoddmímis holt (section)

==Attestations==
In the poem ''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]'', collected in the ''Poetic Edda'', the god [[Odin]] poses a question to the [[jötunn]] [[Vafþrúðnir]], asking who among mankind will survive when the winter [[Fimbulvetr]] occurs. Vafþrúðnir responds that they will be Líf and Lífþrasir, that the two will have hidden in the wood of Hoddmímis holt, they will consume the morning dew as food, and "from them generations will spring."<ref name=LARRINGTON47>Larrington (1999:47).</ref>

In chapter 53 of the ''Prose Edda'' book ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', [[High, Just-As-High, and Third|High]] tells [[Gylfi|Gangleri]] (king [[Gylfi]] in disguise) that two people, Líf and Lífþrasir, will lie hid in Hoddmímis holt during "[[Surtr|Surt's]] fire," and that "from these people there will be descended such a great progeny that the world will be inhabited." The above-mentioned stanza of ''Vafþrúðnismál'' is then quoted.<ref name=FAULKES57>Faulkes (1995:57).</ref>