Two human survivors hide through Ragnarok and repopulate the world in Norse mythology.
The survivors are Líf and Lífþrasir. During the catastrophe, they shelter in Hoddmímis holt, usually understood as a wooded refuge associated with the giant Mímir or Hoddmímir.
After the fires and floods of Ragnarok have passed, the pair emerge and become the ancestors of a renewed human population. Their survival gives the myth a regenerative structure: the end of the divine and cosmic order is not the end of life itself.
The two names are sometimes translated or spelled differently because Old Norse letters and names have several modern conventions. Líf means “life,” while Lífþrasir is often interpreted as “life-yearner” or “one who clings to life.” They are human survivors, not gods or giants.