Bestla

First appears: Elder Edda · Odin's Rune-Song

Life events

• Bor married Bestla, daughter of Bolthorn.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IV · The Creation of the World)
  • With: Bor
  • “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: Bor Odin Vile Ve
  • “they had three sons,--the one hight Odin, the other Vile, and the third Ve.”

Elder Edda · Odin's Rune-Song

• parent: Bolthorn “Potent songs nine from the famed son I learned of Bolthorn, Bestla's sire, and a draught obtained of the precious mead, drawn from Odhrærir.”

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

• married with 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.”
• parent: Bolthorn “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.”

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