Buri

Buri (also known as Bure) was the first of the Aesir, those we refer to as the Gods. Before time and  the creation of the world he was thawed out of an ice block in Niflheim by the Cow Audhumla who licked the salty blocks for nourishment. Audhumla came into existence around the same time as Ymir and provided everyone nourishment with her milk.

A great theory I heard about Buri is that he was left over from a previous creation-cycle. It happens a couple of times in norse mythology that an entire species is repopulated by the only surviving male and female. This film describes one of those incidents.

Buri was the grandfather of Odin, king of the Aesir. With a Jotnar woman, Buri had a son Bor, who in turn had three sons with the Jotnar woman Bestla.

He was also a keen florist, but not really.