Introduction
Buri is the first of the Aesir gods, freed directly from a block of salty ice by the licking of the primordial cow Audhumbla, over the course of three days. He is the father of Bor and the grandfather of Odin, Vili and Ve.
Family
- Son: Bor
Freed from the ice
On the first day of Audhumbla's licking, hair appeared in the ice; on the second, a head; and by the evening of the third day, Buri emerged whole: a large, handsome and powerful being, with no parents of his own, the founding ancestor of the Aesir line.
Family
Buri's son was Bor, who married the giantess Bestla and fathered Odin, Vili and Ve, making Buri the great-grandfather, in effect, of the entire pantheon of Aesir gods that follows.