Vili

deity Norse single tradition · 4

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #604 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
1200 CE
Attested period
1200 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in the Prose Edda.

Relationships

syncretized with
Hœnir
sibling of
Odin, Ve
allied with
Odin, Ve, Oðinn
manifested by
samovila
child of
Bestla, Borr
creator of
Ask, Embla

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Sources

Source passages

“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. With the aid of his brothers, a young Odin defeats the fire demon Surtur; later, Odin reveals that his brothers were killed by Surtur, but gave their power to Odin.”

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“Vili and Vé, together with Óðinn, are portrayed as the three brothers who slew Ymir — ending the primeval rule of the race of giants — and are the first of the Æsir. Of the three, Óðinn is the eldest, Vili the middle, and Vé the youngest.”

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“Here the creation of humans is attributed to the sons of Borr, whom Snorri names elsewhere as Odin, Vili and Vé.”

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