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Bölþorn (also Bölþor; Old Norse:
Bǫlþorn [ˈbɔlˌθorn], "Evil-thorn") is a jötunn in
Norse mythology, and the
father (or grandfather) of Bestla, herself...
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daughter (or
granddaughter depending on the source) of the jötunn
Bölþorn. Odin is
frequently called "Bestla's son" in both
skaldic verses and the...
- Old
Norse Borr). Bör's wife,
Belsta or Bestla, a
daughter of the
giant Bölthorn (spina calamitosa), is
possibly the m**** of ice
formed on the
alpine summits...
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genealogies Horses of the Æsir List of
Germanic deities Norse cosmology Bölþorn is only
mentioned in Hávamál
stanza 140 and Gyl****inning
chapter 5. In...
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brothers of the god Odin (from Old
Norse Óðinn), sons of Bestla,
daughter of
Bölþorn; and Borr, son of Búri. The Old
Norse theonym Vé (or Véi) is
cognate with...
- Jötunn Ægir
Alvaldi Angrboða Aurboða
Baugi Beli
Bergelmir Bestla Billingr Bölþorn Brimir Dúrnir Eggþér Fárbauti Fjölvar
Gangr Geirröd
Gillingr Gjálp and...
- Iðunn, Idun,* Idunn,
Iduna Ægir, Aegir* Býleistr,
Byleist Loki, Loke
Bölþorn,
Bolthorn Hel, Hela Gerðr, Gerd, Gerth,* Gerthr* Rindr, Rind Angrboða, Angrboda...
- be Odin's
maternal uncle. This also
means that Mimir's
father would be
Bölþorn. In the
theories of
Viktor Rydberg, Mímir's wife is Sinmara,
named in the...
- Fimbulljóð níu nam ek af inum frægja syni
Bölþorns,
Bestlu föður, ok ek
drykk of gat ins dýra mjaðar,
ausinn Óðreri. —Hávamál (140), Guðni Jónsson's edition...
- behold. Búri had a son, Borr, who
married a jötunn, Bestla, the
daughter of
Bölþorn. The two had
three sons: Odin, Vili, and Vé. High adds that "Odin and his...
