thumb|The Giant with the Flaming Sword (1909) by John Charles Dollman In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black" or more narrowly "swart", Surtur in modern Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, is a jötunn; he is the greatest of the fire giants and further serves as the guardian of Muspelheim, which is one of the only two realms to exist before the beginning of time, alongside Niflheim. Surtr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Surtr i
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- Instance of
- eldjötnar
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Gender
- male
- Image
- Surtur mit dem Flammenschwerte.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Śuri
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- Surtr
- member of
- eldjötnar
- worshipped by
- Norse mythology
- unmarried partner
- Sinmara
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