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Norse mythical characters
In
Nordic mythology
,
Fjalar
(
Old Norse
:
Fjalarr
[?fj?l?rː]
) and his brother
Galar
(
Old Norse
:
Galarr
[???l?rː]
), were wicked
dwarfs
who killed
Kvasir
and turned his blood into the
mead of poetry
, which inspired poets. They appear in
Skaldskaparmal
.
Myth
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Fjalar and Galar murdered a
jotunn
named
Gilling
, along with his wife. Their son,
Suttungr
, searched for his parents and threatened the dwarven brothers, who offered him the magical mead in exchange for sparing their lives. Suttungr took it and hid it in the center of a mountain, with his daughter,
Gunnloð
, standing guard.
Odin
eventually decided to obtain the mead. He worked for
Baugi
, Suttungr's brother, for an entire summer, then asked for a small sip of the mead. Baugi drilled into the mountain, whereupon Odin changed into a
snake
and slithered inside. Inside, Gunnloð was guarding the mead, but he seduced her and persuaded her to give him three sips; Odin proceeded to drink all the mead, change into an
eagle
and escape.
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