Editing Suttungr

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[[File:Louis Huard - Giant Suttung and the Dwarfs.jpg|thumb|Suttungr and the dwarves]]

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Suttungr''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʊ|t|ʊ|ŋ|ər}} {{respell|SUUT|uung-ər}}; [[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈsutːoŋɡz̠|}}) was a ''[[jötunn]]'' and the son of [[Gilling]].
== Mythology ==
Suttungr searched for his parents and threatened the dwarven brothers [[Fjalar and Galar]] who had killed them, tying them and some other dwarves who killed Gilling to a rock that would be submerged by the rising tide. The dwarves begged for Suttungr to spare their life and offered him the magical [[mead of poetry]]. Suttungr took it and hid it in the center of the mountain [[Hnitbjorg]], with his daughter [[Gunnlöð]] standing guard, whom he turned into a [[witch]] in order to guard it.<ref>''[[Hávamál]]'', ''[[Poetic Edda]]''</ref>

[[Odin]] eventually decided to obtain the mead. He worked for [[Baugi]], Suttungr's brother, a [[farmer]], for an entire [[summer]], then asked for a small sip of the [[mead]], which Suttungr refused. Baugi drilled into the mountain and Odin changed into a snake and slithered inside. Inside, [[Gunnlöð]] was on guard but he persuaded her to give him three sips in exchange for three nights of sex.<ref>''Prose Edda''</ref> Odin proceeded to drink all the mead in the three containers, [[Feather cloak#Germanic|changed into an eagle]] and escaped. Suttungr chased him in the shape of an eagle, but Odin was able to escape him and returned to Asgard.<ref>[http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/S/Suttung.htm Suttung] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927024649/http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/S/Suttung.htm |date=2011-09-27 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Jötnar]]