The ancestor of the gods. Buri was created from a stone or ice that the giant primeval cow, Audumla, licked into shape. Buri was the father of Bor and the grandfather of the three original Aesir gods: Odin, Vili and Ve.
There are some uncertainties if Buri was a god or a giant.
By Jimmy Joe
Primeval god. Bor was the son of the giant Buri . Bor was probably more of a primeval god than a giant. Bor married a frost-giantess named Bestla and became the father of the three Aesir gods: Odin , Vili (Hoenir) and Ve .
The first primeval giant was generally known as Ymir. The frost-giants called him Aurgelmir. Ymir was the first creature created in the universe. Ymir was the father of the race of frost-giants. The frost-giants were born from the sweat of his arm...
The primeval cow. Audumla (Audhumla) was born from rime at Ginnungagap . The primeval giant Ymir (Aurgelmir) lived on the milk that flowed from the cow's teats. Audumla also provided nourishment to Ymir's six-headed son. Audumla received nourishme...
Giantess. Bestla ("wife" or "bark") was the daughter of the frost giant Bolthor. Bestla became the wife of the primeval god named Bor , the son of Buri . She was the mother of the three Aesir gods: Odin , Vili and Ve .
Modsognir ("frenzy-roarer") and Durin ("sleepy") were the first two dwarves who were created by the gods. They were originally maggots that fed from the flesh of the giant Ymir . These two dwarves became the first ancestors of the dwarves. The Vol...
Creation The Creation as seen in Norse mythology was strange and different from that of classical Greek mythology. Yet it is nevertheless fascinating, because of the roles played by giants and the gods. Ymir Yggdrasill and the Nine Worlds Ymir The...
Vili was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla . Vili was sometimes called Hœnir (Hoenir or Haenir). Vili, along with his brothers, Odin and Ve , killed the giant Ymir and created the universe. As Hœnir, he gave the gifts of spirit and understandin...
Bergelmer (Bergelmir) was the son of Thrudgelmir and the grandson of Ymir (Aurgelmir). When the gods killed Ymir, his blood flooded the world, drowning all the frost giants except for Bergelmer and his wife. Surviving the flood, Bergelmer became t...
The Creation as seen in Norse mythology was strange and different from that of classical Greek mythology. Yet it's nevertheless fascinating, because of the roles played by giants and the gods. Ymir Yggdrasill and the Nine Worlds Ymir There was not...
Frost-giant. In some traditions, Hymir was the father of the war-god Tyr , like in the Hymiskvida , a poem found Poetic Edda . The usual tradition says that Odin was Tyr's father. The Hymiskvida was slightly different from the version found in the...