Cult of Gods

Borr

Norse tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains
father of Odin, Vili and Vé
Parents (per the sources used)
Búri
Partner
Bestla
Children
Odin
Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.
Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Key myth

Búri's son, who married the giantess Bestla, daughter of Bölþorn. Their three sons killed Ymir and shaped the world.

Primary sources

  • Gylfaginning 6

All sources for the Norse pantheon

Lineage in the sources used: Búri.

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

YmirFriggBúriNjörðrÆgirRánSólBorrBestlaFreyrFreyjaSifLokiSigynHeimdallrTýrOdinHelThorBaldr

More traditions

Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.EgyptianA chaos monster and a sun god, drawn by L. Gruner for A. H. Layard's Monuments of Nineveh.MesopotamianVishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.HinduFolio 309r of the Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin), c. 800.Celtic (Irish)

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Borr: creation and first beings. This is overlap in one area only.

Egyptian

Nun

the primeval waters

Egyptian

Atum

creator, the completed one

Egyptian

Ra

sun, kingship, order

Egyptian

Ptah

craftsmen, creation by speech

Egyptian

Amun

the hidden, king of the gods in the New Kingdom

Mesopotamian

Nammu

the primeval sea, mother of the gods

Mesopotamian

Apsu

fresh water below the earth

Mesopotamian

Tiamat

salt water, primordial mother

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