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Buri

In Norse Mythology, Buri was the first god. The cow Audhumla, after emerging from the primordial frost, fed herself by licking great blocks of ice. Day by day, as she licked, the god emerged from the ice. He was the father of Bor.

Source: Nicole Cherry, A list of Norse Beings, originally at www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne.
Copy still available at www.angelfire.com/wy/wyrd/list.html