Fjalar and Galar
The brothers Fjalar (also Fialar ) and Galar (also Gjallar ) are characters from Norse mythology . Both are mentioned as dwarfs in Skáldskaparmál 1, Fjalar also as a giant in Hávamál 14 and Hárbarðslióð 26, and in the shape of a red rooster in Völuspá 42.
Fjalar's name is interpreted as the defiled, the defiled, or the verger. The name Galar is reminiscent of the Eddic names Gjöll (a river or rock) and the Gjallarhorn .
Skáldskaparmál
The two dwarfs Fjalar and Galar slew the kvasir to get his wisdom. They mixed his blood with honey and created from it the poet's met, which turns everyone who drinks from it into a scholar. The two dwarfs drown the giant Gilling after their crime in order to get rid of an accomplice. The Gilling's wife breaks out loudly about the loss of her husband. The two villains want to muzzle her and kill her with a stone. The revenge takes Gilling's son Suttung , who sets the dwarves on a cliff washed over by the sea until they hand over the cauldrons with the skalding mead , which they have brewed from Kvasir's blood, as atonement. Later, Odin steals the poet's met.
Hávamál
Also in the Hávamál the robbery of the poet's met by Odin is described. Fjalar is briefly mentioned here without further details, alongside Suttung and his daughter Gunnlöd .
Hárbarðslióð
In Harbard's song, Fjalar is only mentioned in passing, with an allusion to Thor's adventures with Utgardloki .
Völuspá
In the Völuspa, Fjalar first appears in the list of dwarf names in the Dverga Valley . A fiery red rooster crows in the pine bush is later mentioned under this name.
Web links
- Fialar at zeno.org