Borř son of Búri
deity Norse single tradition · 1
Borř son of Búri is the father of Bestla. Another name of Borř son of Búri is Svafrþorinn. It is suggested that Menglöd is Oðinn's sister, and Bestla is her mother, and as true or false as they have the same father, his name is Borř son of Búri, another name of Svafrþorinn
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 1400
- Historical notes
- Attested in Fjölsvinnsmál poem.
Relationships
- parent of
- Bestla
- co occurs with
- Oðinn, Menglöð, Svafrþorinn, Fjölsviðr
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“If Menglöd indeed is Oðinn's sister, Bestla is her mother, and as true or false as they have the same father, his name is Borř son of Búri, another name of Svafrþorinn, although such identifications are intentionally put in the Norse texts of this kind as elaborate riddles appealing to an audience of highest virtue in the specific art of symbolic metonyms called kennings.”
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