Surtr
Norse · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Fire-giant warden of Múspellsheimr, fated to lead the fiery host and burn the world at Ragnarök.
Domains
- fire conflagration
- fire cataclysm
Powers
- Consume the world in fire at the end
Relations
- killer of: FreyrAt Ragnarök the fire-giant Surtr of Múspellsheimr slays Freyr, who lacks his sword, and then engulfs the world in flame.Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning (Prose Edda), ch. 51; Völuspá st. 52-53 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 4, 51; Poetic Edda, Völuspá 52; Vafþrúðnismál 18 (primary)