Suttung

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Chased by Suttungr, Odin spits the mead of poetry into several vessels. Some of it accidentally goes out the other end. Illustration by Jakob Sigurðsson, an 18th century Icelandic artist.

In Norse mythology, Suttung was a Jotun, son of Gilling, who (along with Suttung's mother) had been murdered by Fjalar and Galar.

Suttung searched for his parents and threatened the dwarven brothers (Fjalar and Galar), tying them and some other dwarves who killed Gilling to rock that would be submerged by the rising tide. The dwarves begged Suttung and offered him the magical mead. Suttung took it and hid it in the center of a mountain, with his daughter, Gunnlod, standing guard whom he turned into a witch in order to guard it.

Odin eventually decided to obtain the mead. He worked for Baugi, Suttung's brother, a farmer, for an entire summer, then asked for a small sip of the mead. Baugi drilled into the mountain but Odin changed into a snake and slithered inside. Inside, Gunnlod was on guard but he persuaded her to give him three sips. Odin proceeded to drink all the mead, changed into an eagle and escaped. Suttungr chased him.

There is also a Saturnian moon, Suttungr, which was originally spelled Suttung.

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