Gunnlöð
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Gunnlǫð (Old Norse: {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; also Gunnlöd) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. She is the daughter of Suttungr, for whom she guards the mead of poetry. Saturn's moon Gunnlod is named after her.
Name
The Old Norse name {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} has been translated as 'war-invitation',Template:Sfn or 'battle-invitation'.Template:Sfn It stems from Old Norse Template:Wikt-lang ('battle').Template:Sfn
Attestations
Skáldskaparmál (The Language of Poetry) mentions that the jötunn Suttungr has entrusted his daughter Gunnlöð to the guard of the mead of poetry: Template:Poem quote
But Odin, in the form of a snake, manages to gain access to the chamber within the Hnitbjörg mountain where the mead is kept. The god seduces the guardian Gunnlöð, and sleeps with her three nights.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In return, Gunnlöð allows Odin to obtain three drinks of the mead, after which he immediately flies himself out of the cavern as an eagle.Template:Sfn Template:Poem quoteIn Hávamál (Sayings of the High One), the account given by Odin differs in a number of details, and the narrative pays most attention to Gunnlöð herself.Template:Sfn
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