Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Fjalarr - The Hidden Well here we are on another ThorsDay with another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, sometimes Celtic) mythological characters.  This week it’s  Fajalarr / Fajallar / Falr / Fálr / Falur / Fal / Fjalar of the Jotnar (Jötunn / Jotun / Jotunn / Jetten / Eoten / Giant, mentioned in several places as a name for a giant.
His name as Fjalarr translated to ‘hide’ from the Old Norse Fela’ and ‘pipe’, ‘tube’, ‘board’, ‘plank’ or most specifically ‘spearhead socket’ from the old Norse ‘Falr’, possibly by way of the Proto Germanic ‘Falhuz’ meaning ‘to hide’ or ‘to conceal’. Or to ‘hold’, as it’s the hold at the back of a spearhead that the shaft or handle is fit into.Â
Fajallar is used for the name for several unknown giants. So I thought I should at least sketch one version not associated with Utgard-Loki / Skymir.
