Vili

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Vili
For the Gabonese people, see Vili (people)''For the common name ending in Georgian see Georgian names.Vili was one of the Æsir and a son of Bestla and Borr in Norse mythology. His brothers were  and Odin, who he helped in killing the first giant, Ymir. He was known for having given humanity emotion and intelligence. According to Loki, in Lokasenna, he had an affair with Odin's wife, Frigg.In Völuspá, at the creation of the first man (Ask) and woman (Embla), Hœnir and Lóðurr help Odin. In Gylfaginning, Vili and Vé are mentioned instead. As Snorri knew Völuspá, it is very likely that Hœnir was another name for Vili.
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vile
adj. base, vile, low, mean, ignoble, worthless, sneaking, scurvy, grovelling
 
vile (m)
n. dastard, coward, mean person


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Vili
[Norse] In Scandinavian myth, one of the primordial gods, brother of Odin and Ve. The three of them were responsible for the creation of the cosmos, as well as the first humans.

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Vili, Vile (Icelandic, Scandinavian) Will, wish, desire; in Norse mythology, one of Odin's two brother-creators. Together these three bring worlds into being at the beginning of a life cycle. The idea is reminiscent of that in the Rig-Veda: "Desire first arose in It," when worlds were to emanate from the divine source of life.
In the Eddas, Odin (spirit), Vili (will), and Vi (sanctity or awe) are born from Bore and Bestla, the karmic residue carried over from the preceding world cycle. The present universe is thus the direct result of its predecessor. The triune creative deity slays the frostgiant Ymir and from his latent (frozen) body form the matter of worlds-to-be.


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