Surtur

surtur English right|thumb|Surtur mit dem Flammenschwerte (Surtur with the flaming sword), illustration by F. W. Heine for 1882, Wilhelm Wägner, Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden, based on a plaster frieze designed by Friedrich Wilhelm Engelhard (1859) Surtr + (moon) Alternative forms en Surtr mythological giant Etymology From en non Surtr the swarthy one. Proper noun en Norse mythology A very powerful jotun (giant) and chief of Muspellheim, described in the Eddas as wielding a flaming (or shining) sword and as battling the gods and killing Freyr during Ragnarok. en 1839 w:Samuel Astley Dunham History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway 2 44 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EIsBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA44&dq=%22Surtur%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p8GmU8zeKISWkwWmw4HwAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Surtur%22&f=false (Muspelheim, we suppose, with its numerous fiery inhabitants, and their mighty chief Surtur, the dark, the incomprehensible, the great evil principle, had no beginning; or if it had, the Odinian theologians were unacquainted with it.) 1847 [1770], Paul Henri Mallet, Thomas Percy (translator), I. A. Blackwell, Walter Scott (editors), Northern Antiquities, [1756, Paul Henri Mallet, Monuments de la mythologie et de la poesie des Celtes, et particulierement des anciens Scandinaves], page 496, We must also remark, that in the Eddaic Poems there is no mention made of Surtur and the Elves of Light existing in Muspellheim previous to the formation of Ymir,. en 2006 Gina Renée Misiroglu; Michael Eury The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vHtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Surtur%22&dq=%22Surtur%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p8GmU8zeKISWkwWmw4HwAw&redir_esc=y page not identified In Journey into Mystery #97 (1963), writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/cc-plotter Jack Kirby introduced their version of Surtur, one of the greatest enemies of the gods in Norse mythology. en astronomy A moon of Saturn. Discovered 2006. Related terms en Surt volcano on the moon Io en Surtsey volcanic island near Iceland en Moons of Saturn