Mead of Poetry Myth (6)
Mead of Poetry Myth
This myth begins at the end of the war between the two groups of gods known as the Æsir and the Vanir. These two groups seal their peace by exchanging hostages and also by spitting into a bowl. The spittle is made into a wise being named Kvasir. Kvasir is eventually murdered by the dwarves Fjalarr and Gjalarr who mix his blood with honey to make mead. The mead makes anyone who drinks it into a poet. The two dwarves later murder the giant Surttungr and his wife and then are forced to give the mead to Surttungr's son as compensation. Surttungr hides the mead in the mountain Hnitbjorg with his daughter Gunnlöð to guard it. Óðinn finds a way to get into the mountain and steals the mead.
This myth begins at the end of the war between the two groups of gods known as the Æsir and the Vanir. These two groups seal their peace by exchanging hostages and also by spitting into a bowl. The spittle is made into a wise being named Kvasir. Kvasir is eventually murdered by the dwarves Fjalarr and Gjalarr who mix his blood with honey to make mead. The mead makes anyone who drinks it into a poet. The two dwarves later murder the giant Surttungr and his wife and then are forced to give the mead to Surttungr's son as compensation. Surttungr hides the mead in the mountain Hnitbjorg with his daughter Gunnlöð to guard it. Óðinn finds a way to get into the mountain and steals the mead.
