In the released version of the film, the creature is never referred to by name, as Harryhausen was concerned that audiences might confuse "Ymir" with the Arabic title "Emir".
Lakes and his two well-educated sons eventually went into business as mining engineers, relocating from Colorado to Ymir, British Columbia, in 1912.
As a member of the West-Nordic royal families, Augvald traced his ancestry back to the ancient giant Fornjót (likely another name for Ymir).
In Norse mythology, Brimir is another name for the giant Ymir and also the name of a hall for the souls of the virtuous following the endtime conflict of Ragnarok.
This liquid substance is the origin of all living things: the first giant Ymir was conceived from eitr.
Vili and Vé, together with Óðinn, are the three brothers who slew Ymir — ending the primeval rule of the race of giants — and are the first of the Æsir.
Ymir is about 10 km from the town of Salmo, where the annual music festival Shambhala takes place.
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National sampling of Icelandic soils, soil profile descriptions, adaption of standard soil chemical analyses to suit Icelandic Andosols and data analyses for Ýmir, a national dataset for Icelandic soils.