Baugi’s Family Tree

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Family

• Gillingr(parent),Suttungr(sibling)

  Baugi and Suttungr are brothers, both sons of the jötunn Gillingr who was drowned by the dwarves Fjalar and Galar.

Member of

• Jötnar

  The jötnar are the primordial race of giants descended from Ymir, dwelling in Jötunheimr. They stand as the eternal adversaries and reluctant kin of the Æsir — many gods count giantesses among their mothers, yet the two races clash across every age until Ragnarök.

Associated with

• Mead of Poetry

  Baugi bored through the mountain Hnitbjörg with the auger Rati at the urging of Odin, disguised as Bölverkr, who had worked a summer in Baugi's fields to earn this one favor — a way to reach the Mead of Poetry hidden inside.

• Odin

  Odin, disguised as Bölverkr, killed Baugi's nine thralls by inciting them to fight over a whetstone, then offered to do their work for a summer in exchange for help obtaining the Mead of Poetry.

• Suttungr

  Baugi brought Odin, disguised as Bölverkr, to his brother Suttungr and asked him to share the Mead of Poetry, but Suttungr refused to part with a single drop.