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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 compensation.

Suttung set his daughter Gunnlod to guard the precious mead, but she betrayed him when Odin copulated with her for three nights. Odin drank the whole mead after three days, before escaping to Asgard. Suttung had the ability to transform himself into an eagle and pursued Odin. However, Suttung could neither capture Odin nor recover the mead.

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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
Gunnlod

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 cav...

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
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
Sigmund

Sigmund

Sigmund was the son of Volsung and Ljod (Hljod). He was brother of Signy (his twin), and nine other brothers; no names were ever given for Sigmund's brothers. Sigmund was the only person who could draw out the magic sword Gram (Balmung) from the g...

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
Guttorm

Guttorm

A Giuking and murderer of Sigurd. According to the Volsunga Saga and the poems from the Poetic Edda, Guttorm was the son of Giuki and Grimhild. He was the brother of Gunnar, Hogni and Gudrun. But in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Guttorm was only ...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Surt

Surt

Fire Giant. Surt dwelled in Muspelheim, the world (region) of fire, said to be located far to the south. Surt ruled Muspelheim and was the leader of the fire giants. In Ragnarök, he killed Freyr, the first of the gods to die. Surt ended the battle...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hreidmar

Hreidmar

According to the Volsunga Saga, Hreidmar was a father to four sons - Otter, Fafnir and Regin. However, in the Reginsmal, an Eddaic poem from the Poetic Edda, Hreidmar was also the father of two daughters - Lofnheid and Lyngheid. Hreidmar was host ...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Sinfjotli

Sinfjotli

Sinfjotli was the son from the incestuous relation of Sigmund and his sister Signy. Sinfjotli was the half-brother of Sigurd, Helgi and Hamund. Sinfjotli was born as the result of Signy, who secretly disguised herself as a young witch, who visited...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hymir

Hymir

Frost-giant. In some traditions, Hymir was the father of the war-god Tyr, like in the Hymiskvida, a poem found Poetic Edda. The usual tradition says that Odin was Tyr's father. The Hymiskvida was slightly different from the version found in the Pr...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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