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Gunnlod

A giantess. Gunnlod ("war-summon") was the daughter of the giant Suttung. Gunnlod was the Keeper of the Mead of Poetry. When her father gained the Mead of Poetry, Suttung set her to guard the magic mead in a cave.

When Odin gained entry to the cave, Gunnlod was willing to give Odin a drink of the mead, but he had to sleep with her. So Odin slept with her for three nights, and the god drained all of the mead from the three vessels.

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Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

By Jimmy Joe

Giants:

  • • Ymir (Aurgelmir)
  • • Buri
  • • Bor
  • • Bergelmer
  • • Surt
  • • Vafthrudnir
  • • Hrimthurs
  • • Thrym
  • • Hrungnir
  • • Hymir
  • • Geirrod
  • • Thiassi
  • • Suttung
  • • Hrym
  • • Hræsvelg
  • • Aspilian
  • • Bestla
  • • Angerboda
  • • Skadi
  • • Grid
  • • Gerd
  • • Jarnsaxa
  • • Gunnlod
  • • Fenia & Menia
Suttung

Suttung

A frost giant. Suttung ("sup-heavy") was the son of the giant Gilling. When two dwarfs named Fjalar and Galar killed his parents, Suttung threatened to kill the dwarfs in revenge. Suttung only relented when they gave him the Mead of Poetry as comp...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Fjalar and Galar

Fjalar and Galar

Fjalar and Galar were two dwarfs who had killed the Vanir Kvasir. They created the Mead of Poetry by mixing honey with Kvasir's blood. The mead was stored in two vats called Bodn and Son, and a pot called Odrerir. Fjalar and Galar accidentally dro...

August 17th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Other Valkyries

Other Valkyries

I have already written articles on the Valkyries Brynhild, Gudrun and Sigrun, so here are a list of other Valkyries, where only their names survived but they have no myths of their own. The following Valkyries were found in a list of Snorri Sturlu...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Mead of Poetry

Mead of Poetry

Kvasir Shortly after the war between Aesir and Vanir, there was a hostage exchange between the two warring tribes. Kvasir, the wisest among the Vanir, joined Njörd and his son Freyr as hostages to the Aesir. Receiving these three gods gained Aesir...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Hljod

Hljod

A wish-maiden or óskmær and the wife of Volsung. Hljod was a daughter of the giant Hrimnir. Hljod first appeared in the Volsunga Saga, serving Odin as a wish-maiden, one of the many names for a valkyrie. When Rerir, son of Sigi and grandson of Odi...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Gerd

Gerd

Gerd was a giantess who became wife of the Vanir Freyr. Gerd was the daughter of the mountain giant Gymir and Aurboda. Gerd may have had an unnamed brother who was killed. Freyr fell in love with Gerd when he sat on Hlidskialf, Odin's throne in th...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Kvasir

Kvasir

Kvasir was the wisest of the Vanir. Kvasir was born from the saliva of the two groups of gods, Aesir and Vanir. It was how the two warring deities made peace by spitting in a vessel. Kvasir wandered around the world, teaching people about his know...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Groa

Groa

Sorceress and a sibyl. Groa was wife of Aurvandil the Bold. She appeared in the Prose Edda, in the myth where Thor fought the giant Hrungnir. Although Thor killed the giant with the Mjollnir, a piece of Hrungnir's whetstone was lodged in Thor's he...

September 28th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Sigrun

Sigrun

Valkyrie and lover of the hero Helgi. Sigrun was the daughter of King Hogni. Sigrun was due to marry Hodbrod (Hodbrodd), son of King Granmar, whom she despised and had no intention of marrying. So when Sigrun met Helgi, son of Sigmund, she urged t...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Wooing of Gerd

Wooing of Gerd

In Asgard, Freyr sat on Hlidskialf, Odin's throne. The Vanir could see Gymir's home in the Giantland. Freyr saw Gerd, the beautiful daughter of the giants Gymir and Aurboda. Freyr became lovesick because of his longing for the beautiful giantess. ...

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
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