Surtr
Basic account
The fire giant who guarded the world's edge before it existed, and will burn it down at the end.
Account
Where Ymir has an origin, Surtr has none. He is already there: a fire giant standing guard at the border of Muspellheim since before the ordered cosmos began, waiting for the day he leads the sons of Muspell against the gods and burns the nine worlds to ash.
Motifs
- The giant as guardian
- The first and the last
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What is disputed
It is sometimes asked whether Gylfaginning's placement of Surtr alongside Muspell during the account of creation implies he predates Ymir.
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Sources
- Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda: Gylfaginning (Iceland, c. 1220)
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