Búri

Their story

Búri was licked out of the salty ice by Auðhumla over three days. He was fair, big and strong, and he had a son, Borr. How Búri got a son is not told.

Best times to give to them

• at ancestral rites
• midwinter

What they like being given

• a pinch of salt
• a candle for the oldest ancestors

How to honour them

1. Remember the oldest ancestors you cannot name, beginning with this oldest of the gods' forefathers.
2. Set a small dish of salt on an ancestor shelf in memory of the ice he was licked from.

How they can help you

• reflecting on origins
• ancestral work

Symbols

• a salt-lick of ice
• the cow Auðhumla

Sources

• Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 6

More Norse beings

• Skaði Huntress of the snowy mountains
• Máni The Moon, who counts the years
• Sól The Sun, who drives her bright horses
• Nótt Night, mother of Day
• Dagr Day, the bright son of Night
• Jörð The Earth, mother of Thor
• Rán Mistress of the deep, who gathers the drowned
• Ægir Lord of the sea and brewer for the gods