Who Is Buri
Buri is the very first of the god-like beings in Norse mythology, standing at the beginning of the divine line. He came into being at the dawn of the world, in the age when only the primordial giant Ymir and the great cow Audumla existed.
As Audumla licked the salty blocks of rime-ice for nourishment, a shape slowly emerged beneath her tongue. On the first day a man's hair appeared, on the second his head, and on the third the whole of him stood free. This was Buri, fair and strong.
From Buri descends the whole family of the gods. His son Borr wed the giantess Bestla, and their sons were Odin, Vili, and Vé, who would slay Ymir and shape the world. Buri is the root of the Æsir's ancient lineage.
Role and Symbolism
Born of Ice
Freed from the primal rime by the licking of the cow Audumla.
Ancestor of the Gods
Grandfather of Odin and the root of the whole Æsir bloodline.
The First Order
A first spark of the divine amid the primeval chaos of fire and ice.
Quick Facts
Associated Realms
Symbolism
Buri stands for the first stirring of divine order out of the raw elements. Though little is told of him, from him flows the entire line of the gods who shape and rule the world.