Bor

Also known as: Bur · Family: Æsir · Role: god · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla

In the Lay of Hyndla, Baldr’s father is called “son of Bur.” In the Fooling of Gylfe, Bure begets Bor, who marries Bestla, daughter of the giant Bolthorn, and they have three sons: Odin, Vile and Ve.

In the Fooling of Gylfe, Bor and his sons make a burg for themselves in the middle of the world, called Asgard. The three sons give spirit and life, reason and movement, and form and senses to Ask and Embla.

Relationship record

Life events

• Baldr’s father was the son of Bur.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla)
  • With: Balder
  • “Baldr's father was son of Bur:”
• Bure begat Bor.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Bure
  • “he begat a son whose name was Bor.”
• Bor married Bestla, daughter of Bolthorn.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Bestla
  • “This Bor married a woman whose name was Bestla, the daughter of the giant Bolthorn”
• Bor and Bestla had three sons: Odin, Vile, and Ve.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Bestla Odin Vile Ve
  • “they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”
• Bor’s sons made a burg for themselves in the middle of the world.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued) · 📍 Asgard)
  • “In the next place, the sons of Bor made for themselves in the middle of the world a burg, which is called Asgard, and which we call Troy.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World

• parent: Bure “This man’s name was Bure; he was fair of face, great and mighty, and he begat a son whose name was Bor.”
• married with Bestla “This Bor married a woman whose name was Bestla, the daughter of the giant Bolthorn; they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”
• child: Odin “This Bor married a woman whose name was Bestla, the daughter of the giant Bolthorn; they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”
• child: Vile “This Bor married a woman whose name was Bestla, the daughter of the giant Bolthorn; they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”
• child: Ve “This Bor married a woman whose name was Bestla, the daughter of the giant Bolthorn; they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued)

• with Ask (created; Bor's sons made Ask) “The first gave them spirit and life; the second endowed them with reason and power of motion; and the third gave them form, speech, hearing and eyesight. They gave them clothes and names; the man they called Ask, and the woman Embla.”
• with Embla (created; Bor's sons made Embla) “The first gave them spirit and life; the second endowed them with reason and power of motion; and the third gave them form, speech, hearing and eyesight. They gave them clothes and names; the man they called Ask, and the woman Embla.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.