Víðópnir

The glittering, golden cock that sits on the highest bough of the tree Mímameiðr, according to the eddic poem Fjölsvinnsmál:

34. Vithofnir his name,

and now he shines

Like lightning on Mimameith's limbs;

And great is the trouble

with which he grieves

Both Surt and Sinmora.

— Bellows trans.

25. Vidofnir he is called;

in the clear air he stands,

in the boughs of Mima's tree:

afflictions only brings,

together indissoluble,

the swart bird at his lonely meal.

— Thorpe trans.

The poem further states that Víðópnir can only be killed with the weapon Lævateinn.

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Surtr is the giant who rules the fire-world, but seems here to represent giants in general. It is not known who Sinmara is, possibly Surtr's wife.