In {[Norse mythology]},
Bestla ( ) is the mother of the
gods Odin,
Vili and Vé by way of
Borr, the sister of an unnamed being who assisted Odin, and the daughter or, depending on source, granddaughter of the
jötunn Bölþorn. Bestla is attested in the
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the
Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by
Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of
skalds.