Lif and Lifthrasir

For other uses see LIF. In Norse mythology, Líf and Lífthrasir (ON: Líf ok Lífþrasir) (both relating to the word "Life") are the last human man and woman to survive Ragnarök, after which they will repopulate the world.In Vafthrúdnismál, Odin poses a riddle to the giant Vafthrúdnir about who among humans will live through the Fimbulvetr, the great winter immediately preceding the final conflict of Ragnarök. The giant replies that Líf and Lífthrasir will take refuge in Hoddmímir's Forest and will nourish themselves with morning dew, and from them a new race of humans will descend. The identity of Hoddmímir remains speculative but includes a possible association with Mímir.
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[Norse] After the final, terrible battle at Ragnarok the entire cosmos will be destroyed. The only humans who will survive this destruction are Lif ("life") and Liftrasir ("eager for life") because they hid themselves in Hodmimir's Forest, the forest that the flaming sword of the fire-giant Surt cannot destroy. There they sleep through the destruction of the earth and when they awaken, they will find the earth is green and verdant again. Lif and Liftrasir will become the progenitors of an new race of humans, and their descendants will inhabit this world.