in Scandinavian mythology, is the cow created by Surt to nourish Ymir. She supplied him with four rivers of milk, and was herself nourished by licking the rocks. (See Ymir.)
⁂ Bör, the first man, was made by Audhumla licking salt from the snow. Odin was the son of Bör.
The breath of Audhumla was very sweet, but her milk was bitter.