What primordial cow licked the first god from ice?

Auðumbla (Audhumla)—the primordial cow of the Prose Edda—licked the salty rime-ice of Ginnungagap until the first god, Búri, emerged. While uncovering Búri over three days, she also nourished the frost-giant Ymir with four rivers of milk, making her a life-giver at the dawn of creation. Her name is often glossed as “rich, hornless cow,” fitting her role as primal provider. To remember: think “Auðumbla” ~ “udder”—the cow whose tongue and milk shaped the first beings. By contrast, Hyrrokkin is a giantess who launched Baldr’s funeral ship, Freyja is a Vanir goddess of love and sorcery, and “Gaptooth” isn’t a Norse figure.