In
Norse mythology,
Líf (identical with the
Old Norse feminine noun meaning "life, the life of the body") and
Lífþrasir (sometimes anglicized as
Lifthrasir, Old Norse masculine name from
líf and
þrasir.
Lexicon Poëticum defines this name as
"Livæ amator, vitæ amans, vitæ cupidus", "Líf's lover, lover of life, zest for life")—female and male respectively—are two humans who are foretold to survive the events of
Ragnarök by hiding in a wood called
Hoddmímis holt, and after the flames have abated, to repopulate the newly risen and fertile world. Líf and Lífþrasir are mentioned in the
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the
Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by
Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the underlying meaning and origins of the two names.