Gangr (orGang;Old Norse:[ˈɡɑŋɡz̠], 'traveller') is ajötunn inNorse mythology. He is portrayed as the son ofAlvaldi and the brother ofÞjazi andIði.

TheOld Norse nameGangr has been translated as 'traveller'.^[1] It is related to theIcelandicgangur and theNorwegiangang ('walking, hallway, corridor'), all stemming fromProto-Germanic*gangaz ('walking, going, way'; compare withGothicgagg 'street, road', and withOld English andOld High Germangang 'going, journey, way').^[2][3]

InSkáldskaparmál (Language of Poetry), Gangr is mentioned as the son of the jötunnAlvaldi, who is "very rich in gold", and as the brother ofÞjazi andIði.^[4][5]

Then spoke Ægir: ‘Thiassi seems to me to have been very powerful, what was his origin?’
Bragi replied: ‘His father was called Olvaldi, and you will find what I have to say about him remarkable. He was very rich in gold, and when he died and his sons had to divide their inheritance, they measured out the gold when they divided it by each in turn taking a mouthful, all of them the same number. One of them was Thiassi, the second Idi, the third Gang. And we now have this expression among us, to call gold the mouth-tale of these giants, and we conceal it in secret language or in poetry by calling it speech or words or talk of these giants.’

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