Gunnlöð- Norse GiantGiant

The Three Nights

Suttungr had won the Mead of Poetry from the dwarves who killed his father and hid it inside the mountain Hnitbjörg. He set his daughter Gunnlöð alone to guard it.

Odin bored through the mountain with the auger Rati, entered as a serpent, and found Gunnlöð sitting with the three vessels. He spent three nights with her. She gave him three draughts, one from each vessel. He drained them all, became an eagle, and flew for Asgard.

Odin's Own Words

In Hávamál 104–110, Odin tells the story himself. He says Gunnlöð sat him on a golden seat and gave him a drink of the precious mead. Then he says: "Ill reward I let her have for her whole heart, for her heavy spirit."

What became of Gunnlöð after Odin left the mountain, no source records.