• Bestla (Old Norse: [ˈbestlɑ]) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the mother of the gods Odin, Vili and Vé (by way of Borr). She is also the sister of...
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    Bestla /ˈbɛstlə/ or Saturn XXXIX is a retrograde irregular moon of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna...
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  • anglicized Bor, Bör or Bur) was the son of Búri. Borr was the husband of Bestla and the father of Odin, Vili and Vé. Borr receives mention in a poem in...
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    generally consider to be names for Yggdrasil. Scholars have proposed that Bestla may be Mímir's sister, and therefore Mímir would be Odin's maternal uncle...
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    [ˈweː]) are the 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...
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  • "Evil-thorn") is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father (or grandfather) of Bestla, herself the mother of Odin, Vili and Vé. The figure receives mention in...
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  • Vanapagan Fin Gryla Jötunn Ægir Alvaldi Angrboða Aurboða Baugi Beli Bergelmir Bestla Billingr Bölþorn Brimir Dúrnir Eggþér Fárbauti Fjölvar Gangr Geirröd Gillingr...
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  • Asgardian, Buri. Buri had a son named Borr, who married the giantess Bestla. Borr and Bestla had three sons named Odin, Vili, and Ve, who were known as the...
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  • 140 and Gylfaginning chapter 5. In these sources, the relationship with Bestla is established but the exact line of parents back to Ymir, progenitor of...
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    a binary moon. Other candidates among the Saturnian irregulars include Bestla, Erriapus, and Bebhionn. Many spacecraft have orbited the Moon, including...
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    beautiful and strong man, Búri. Búri's son Borr married a jötunn named Bestla, and the two had three sons: the gods Odin, Vili and Vé. The sons killed...
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    understanding of Norse mythology. Old Norse texts portray Odin as the son of Bestla and Borr along with two brothers, Vili and Vé, and he fathered many sons...
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  • Balder assumes the throne of Asgard when Thor is exiled. Bestla; a Jötunn based on Bestla, is married to Borr, mother of Odin and grandmother of Thor...
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    licked a block of ice to free Buri, whose son Bor married a gýgr named Bestla. Some of the features of this myth, such as the cow Audumbla, are of unclear...
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    powerful, and beautiful to 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...
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    therefore be a contact binary, although this is less likely than for Kiviuq and Bestla. The surface of Thrymr is gray in color and similar to those of Suttungr...
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  • S/2019 S 19 belongs to the Norse group and its inclination is similar to Bestla and Narvi. "Planetary Satellite Mean Elements". Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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  • under his rule he created the universe. He eventually married the giantess Bestla and had four sons with her named Cul, Vili, Ve and Odin. Out of all of his...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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    into the Norse group. They are Aegir, Angrboda, Alvaldi, Beli, Bergelmir, Bestla, Eggther, Farbauti, Fenrir, Fornjot, Geirrod, Gerd, Greip, Gridr, Gunnlod...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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    asteroid moon of 45 Eugenia Praxidike Jupiter XXVII 3.5±0.35 moon of Jupiter Bestla Saturn XXXIX ≈ 3.5 moon of Saturn Remus Sylvia II ≈ 3.5 asteroid moon of...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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  • mythology, Odin is the son of Bor (father, one of the first Asgardians) and Bestla (mother, a frost giantess), and the full brother of Vili and Ve. With the...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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    4 –1080.29 S/2019 S 8 4 –1088.68 Farbauti 5 –1087.29 Thrymr 9 –1091.84 Bestla 8 –1087.46 S/2019 S 9 4 –1093.11 S/2004 S 46 3 –1107.58 Angrboda 4 –1114...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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  • Syn Þorgerðr Þrúðr Vár Vör Jötnar Angrboða (Angrboda, Iárnvidia) Aurboða Bestla Gjálp Greip Hel Járnsaxa Jörð (Fjörgyn, Hlóðyn, Iord, Jarð, Jord, Jorth)...
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    12 Eggther S/2006 S 13 S/2007 S 9 S/2019 S 7 S/2019 S 8 Farbauti Thrymr Bestla S/2019 S 9 S/2004 S 46 Angrboda S/2019 S 11 Aegir Beli S/2019 S 10 S/2019...
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