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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Suttung
In Norse mythology, Suttung was a Jotun, son of Gilling, who (along with Suttung's mother) had been murdered Fjalar and Galar.
Suttung took it and hid it in the center of a mountain, with his daughter, Gunnlod, standing guard.
He worked for Baugi, Suttung's brother, a farmer, for an entire summer, then asked for a small sip of the mead.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/su/Suttung   (144 words)

  
 The Baldwin Project: In the Days of Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown
Suttung, the huge son of Gilling, learned the story of his parents' death, and presently, in a dreadful rage, he came roaring to the home of the dwarfs.
It was Gunnlöd, Suttung's daughter, the guardian of the mead.
Suttung was so close upon him, however, that he jostled Odin even as he was filling the last dish, and some of the mead was spilled about in every direction over the world.
www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=brown&book=giants&story=blood   (2683 words)

  
  Suttung
In Norse mythology, Suttung was a Jotun, son of Gilling, who (along with Suttung's mother) had been murdered Fjalar and Galar.
Suttung took it and hid it in the center of a mountain, with his daughter, Gunnlod, standing guard.
He worked for Baugi, Suttung's brother, a farmer, for an entire summer, then asked for a small sip of the mead.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/su/Suttung.html   (119 words)

  
 Giants
Suttung ("sup-heavy") was the son of the giant Gilling.
Suttung set his daughter Gunnlod to guard the precious mead, but she betrayed him, when Odin copulated with her for three nights.
When her father had gained the Mead of Poetry, Suttung had set her to guarding the magic mead in a cave.
www.timelessmyths.com /norse/giants.html   (2820 words)

  
 Jotunbok: Gunnlod's Tale
Suttung was displeased, but he gave orders that Bragi should be allowed to come and go as he wished, and Gunnlod herself bade Bragi to leave her and go into the household now and then, for she worried for her son, growing up in a sunless room underground.
Suttung longed to kill the stranger, whose identity he knew very well, but since the latter was the father of his own grandson, the lord of Hnitbjorg felt that he must refrain, since he loved Bragi well and did not wish to upset him.
Suttung listened, and for the first time he understood that his daughter had known all along what he had never realized -- that love is precious in itself, and that it is no less precious for being impermanent, and that its loss, while painful, is no cause to deny it.
www.cauldronfarm.com /jotunbok/gunnlod.html   (6108 words)

  
 Hurstwic Norse Mythology: The Mead of Poetry
Suttung pointed out that the rising tide would soon cover the rock, and that it was much too far back to the shore for the dwarves to swim.
Suttung took the precious liquid directly to his home near the mountain Hnitbjörg.
Suttung instructed his daughter Gunnloð to guard the mead by day and by night.
www.hurstwic.org /history/articles/mythology/myths/text/mead_of_poetry.htm   (1316 words)

  
 Kvasir
The brothers gave the mead to Suttung in return for sparing their lives.
Suttung hid the mead in the center of a mountain and ordered his daughter Gunnlod to guard it.
Suttung boasted of his treasure, and when the god Odin learned of it he went to Jotunheim to obtain the mead.
www.pantheon.org /articles/k/kvasir.html   (287 words)

  
 Introduction to the "Suttung" movement
The "Suttung" pedagogic's special attitude is that children have the right of meeting the great litterature, the great art.
Even though the principal aim of the "Suttung" work never has been to give the children good results at school, they may aquire skills of consentration and thinking, which may later help them during studies.
But the real aim of the "Suttung" work, is to allow the children to develop as human beings.
www.hallvord.com /omsuttung   (461 words)

  
 Northvegr - Prose Edda - Anderson Trans.
When the giant Suttung, the son of Gilling, found this out he came and seized the dwarfs, took them out to sea and left them on a rocky island, which was flooded at high tide.
When Suttung saw the flight of the eagle, he also took on the shape of an eagle and flew after him.
He was, however, so near being caught by Suttung, that he sent some of the mead after him backward, and as no care was taken of this, anybody that wished might have it.
www.northvegr.org /lore/prose2/022.php   (1321 words)

  
 Suttung - FFXIclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Suttung was the son of Gilling, and was a Jotun in Norse mythology.
Both of Suttung's parents were killed by the dwarves Fjalar and Galar.
To keep Suttung from killing them, they offered him a magical mead, which he took and hid in the middle of a mountain.
wiki.ffxiclopedia.org /Suttung   (183 words)

  
 -About Kvasir
When Gilling's son, Suttung, heard of this, he went to the dwarfs and seized them and took them out to sea and put them on to a skerry covered by the tide.
They begged Suttung to spare their lives offering him as compensation for his father the precious mead, and that brought about their reconciliation.
Suttung took the mead home and hid it in a place called Hnitbjörg and he appointed his daughter Gunnlöð as its guardian.
courses.missouristate.edu /ECarawan/kvasir'sblood.htm   (1080 words)

  
 The Mead of Poetry
The dwarves begged Suttung for their lives and offered them the mead as compensation for his father.
Suttung took the mead home and set his daughter Gunnlöð as its guardian.
Suttung refused to allow a single drop of the mead to leave his control.
home.c2i.net /monsalvat/mead.htm   (978 words)

  
 Odins Quest for the Mead
After Suttung welcomed his brother, Baugi told him how Bolverk had helped him after his thralls were killed.
Suttung saw the eagle flying from his domain and immediately knew that someone had stolen his mead.
As the flames bit and burned his feather, Suttung cried and shrieked as he plummeted into the fires and was consumed.
www.angelfire.com /crazy/susannah/Myths/odins_quest.htm   (2022 words)

  
 3 The Deeds of Odin
To Suttung Ivalde gave the previous skaldic mead, and for reward he was promised for wife Gunlad, the giant's daughter.
Suttung's hall is within a mountain to which, in a deep abyss, there is but one entry, and it is guarded by a fierce dwarf sentinel.
The holy ring was placed upon the finger of the giant-maid, and she swore to be faithful to him who wooed her.
www.earth-history.com /Europe/Teutonic/chap03.htm   (2194 words)

  
 Lore
They besought Suttung to grant them respite of their lives, and as the price of reconciliation offered him the precious mead in satisfaction of his father's death.
Suttung carried the mead home and concealed it in the place called Hnitbjörg, placing his daughter Gunnlöd there to watch over it.
Nevertheless he came so near to being caught by Suttung that he sent some mead backwards, and no heed was taken of this: whosoever would might have that, and we call that the poetaster's part.
web.mac.com /eirikvw/iWeb/Odroerir/Lore.html   (1414 words)

  
 Stories in Norse Mythology
When Gilling's son Suttung learned of what had occured he went to the dwarves, siezed them and put them on a skerry covered by the tide.
Suttung took the mead home and set his daughter Gunnlod as its guardian.
As Odhinn cleared the walls, the materials were set afire and the flames reahced up and singed the wings of Suttung causing him to fall into the fire where he burned to death.
www.janih.com /kitiana/norse/story/10.html   (867 words)

  
 Suttung forlags nettsider
Suttung Forlag formidler kvalitetslitteratur for voksne og barn.
Omtale: Femte bind av Aslaug Groven Michaelsens memoarer skildrer både 60-åras kulturelle maktkamper og livet i familien Groven...
Adresse: Suttung Forlag, Gravvikvn 12, 2337 Tangen, Norge
www.suttung.no /forlag   (102 words)

  
 Suttung: Encyclopedia - Suttung
Inside, Gunnlod was guarding but he persuaded her to give him three sips; Odin proceeded to drink all the mead, change into an eagle and escape.
There is also a Saturnian moon, Suttungr, which was originally spelled Suttung.
Please rate this article with 10 as very good and 1 as very poor.
www.experiencefestival.com /a/Suttung/id/573954   (292 words)

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