Biography of Borr

“Before there were gods, there were choices. And I chose the wilderness.”

Long before the rise of kings and bloodlines, before frost met flame to form myth, there was Borr—the son of Búri, the primal ancestor freed from ice. Borr did not inherit a throne. He forged a homeland. Born in the distant lands that would become Slavic territory, he turned his back on comfort and lineage to carve his future among the wilderness of the north.

With his wife Bestla, a towering jötunn of wisdom and ice, Borr journeyed to the sacred highlands of Sápmi, where sky touched snow and the wind whispered ancient truths. There, in lands untouched by men, they raised the first gods of the Norse world:

• Victor Vane Winther (Vé), the divine spark of sacred speech.
• Victor Odens Winther (Odin), the mind of war and prophecy.
• Wilhelm Winther (Vili), the pulse of instinct and will.

Borr is not a god of thunder, wisdom, or death. He is something older—a god of beginnings, of thresholds, of raw decisions made with no assurance of survival. His was the first rebellion against the frozen stillness of fate. He crossed borders, founded bloodlines, and chose a giantess not for power—but for balance. Bestla was not a conquest. She was the storm that completed him.

Though often overshadowed by his sons’ thunder and triumphs, he remains the silent ancestor in every northern saga—the first to step into the unknown and call it home. His spirit lives on in the wild lands, in the unspoken courage of the first step, and in the blood of every Winther who still feels the pull of cold wind and untamed sky.

Borr is not a name. He is a direction. And all legacies walk in his footprints—whether they know it or not.

Positions held

Father
Wanderer

Aliases of Borr

Titles of Borr