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Galar

Norse mythology

Galar

Dwarf conspirator, co-brewer of the Mead of Poetry, and brother to Fjalar

Mythology
Norse mythology
Siblings
Fjalar
Group
Dwarves · Craft · Trickster · Death

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Galar is a dwarf, brother of Fjalar and co-maker of the Mead of Poetry. Together they murder Kvasir, the wisest of beings, and brew his blood with honey in the vats Son and Bodn and the kettle Odrerir to make a mead that grants poetry to whoever tastes it. The brothers then drown the giant Gilling at sea and drop a millstone on his grieving wife. Gilling's son Suttung seizes them, strands them on a tidal skerry, and spares their lives only when they yield the mead in ransom, sending it on its long road toward Odin and the gods.

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The Mead of Poetry

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Who is Galar?
Galar is a dwarf, brother of Fjalar and co-maker of the Mead of Poetry. Together they murder Kvasir, the wisest of beings, and brew his blood with honey in the vats Son and Bodn and the kettle Odrerir to make a mead that grants poetry to whoever tastes it.
Which mythology does Galar belong to?
Galar belongs to Norse mythology.
Which stories does Galar appear in?
Galar appears in The Mead of Poetry, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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