Vile

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

Life events

• Bor and Bestla had three sons: Odin, Vile, and Ve.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Bor Bestla Odin Ve
  • “they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”
• The sons of Bor slew Ymer, whose blood drowned the frost-giant race except Bergelmer and his household.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Odin Ve Ymir
  • “The sons of Bor slew the giant Ymer, but when he fell, there flowed so much blood from his wounds that they drowned therein the whole race of frost giants; excepting one, who escaped with his household.”
• The sons of Bor made the earth from Ymer’s body.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World · 📍 Ginungagap)
  • With: Odin Ve Ymir
  • “They took the body of Ymer, carried it into the midst of Ginungagap and made of him the earth.”
• The sons of Bor made the seas and lakes from Ymer’s blood.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Odin Ve Ymir
  • “Of his blood they made the seas and lakes”
• The sons of Bor made the sky from Ymer’s skull.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Odin Ve Ymir
  • “They took his skull and made thereof the sky, and raised it over the earth with four sides.”
• The sons of Bor made Midgard from Ymer’s eyebrows as a refuge against giants.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World · 📍 Midgard)
  • With: Odin Ve Ymir
  • “For this purpose they used the giant Ymer’s eyebrows, and they called the burg Midgard.”

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

• parent: Bor “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.”
• siblings with 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.”
• siblings with 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.”
• enemies with Ymir “The sons of Bor slew the giant Ymer”
• with Ymir (created) “They took the body of Ymer, carried it into the midst of Ginungagap and made of him the earth.”

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