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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BURI, or BURS

BURI, or BURS , in Norse See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the grandfather of See also:

ODIN, or OTHIN (O. Norse 66inn)

Odin. In the creation of the See also:

WORLD

world he was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born from the rocks, licked by the cow Andhumla (darkness). He was the See also:

FATHER

father of Bor, and the latter, wedded to Bestla, the daughter of the See also:

GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant Bolthorn (evil), became the father of Odin, the Scandinavian Jove.

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