 In addition, one stanza relates that the dwarfs were given life by the gods from Ymir's flesh and blood (or the Earth and sea).In the "Prose Edda", a narrative is provided that draws from, adds to, and differs from the accounts in the "Poetic Edda".According to the "Prose Edda", after Ymir was formed from the elemental drops, so too was Auðumbla, a primeval cow, whose milk Ymir fed from.