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.
See the Mead of Poetry.
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Suttung – "sup-heavy".
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