Bestla
Bestla is Menglöd's mother. She is the daughter of Borř son of Búri. It is suggested that Menglöd is Oðinn's sister, and Bestla is her mother.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Fjölsvinnsmál poem.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Bor, Surtur, Gaea, Frigga, Skagg, Mangog, Dormammu, Ask, Embla, Lóðurr, Oðinn, Svafrþorinn, Fjölsviðr, Thor, Loki, Balder, Laufey, Hœnir, Ymir, Búri
- consort of
- Borr
- child of
- Borř son of Búri, Bölþorn
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Fjölsviðr is name number 13 in the thula of Oðinn's 60 names - including the four explicitly hidden as riddles in kennings, and the one Oðinn explicitly tell us he never tells to people - concluding Grimnismál. If Menglöd indeed is Oðinn's sister, Bestla is her mother, and as true or false as they have the same father”
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“Odin is the son of Bor (father, one of the first Asgardians) and Bestla (mother, a frost giantess), and the full brother of Vili and Ve.”
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“In Norse mythology, Vili ( VILL-ee; Old Norse: [ˈwile]) and Vé ( VAY; O.N.: [ˈweː]) are the brothers of the god Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn), sons of Bestla, daughter of Bölþorn; and Borr, son of Búri.”
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