Búri

In the cosmogonic account preserved in the Prose Edda, Búri is brought into being when the primeval cow Auðumbla licks blocks of salty rime-stone. Over the course of three days of licking, Auðumbla frees Búri from the rime; this emergence places him in the mythic 'first times' of Norse cosmology. The surviving texts then record that Búri fathered a son named Borr (Burr), but the mechanism of that procreation is not specified in the sources and is the subject of scholarly debate.

The primary attested physical action associated with Búri is his being 'licked free' from salty rime by Auðumbla over three days; beyond this account there is no morphological or clothing description in the sources. The extant passages provide no further physical details—height, features, or garb are unrecorded.

Surviving texts do not ascribe further deeds, powers, or habitual behaviors to Búri beyond his cosmogonic emergence and his place in a divine genealogy. The Prose Edda (including Gylfaginning) and a quoted skaldic verse in Skáldskaparmál are the primary attestations; apart from the origin episode and genealogical mention (fathering Borr), there are no recorded supernatural acts, cultic roles, or ongoing functions for Búri in the preserved material.