What is "ottar"

Attar \At"tar\, n. [Per. 'atar perfume, essence, Ar. 'itr, fr. 'atara to smell sweet. Cf. Otto.] A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.

n. (alternative form of attar English)

n. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar]

1. redirect Óttar

Óttar or Ottar may refer to:

• Ottar, a Swedish king who appears in Beowulf as Ohthere
• Óttar (mythology), in Norse mythology, the protégé of Freya, and the subject of the Lay of Hyndla
  • The dwarf Ótr is sometimes known as Óttarr
• Ottar from Hålogaland, the Viking adventurer
• Ottir Iarla (Earl Ottir), historical Norse-Gael of Waterford and probable settler of Cork
• Jarl Ottar, earl of Götaland figuring in the Jomsvikinga Saga and in the Heimskringla
• Óttarr svarti (Óttarr the Black), an 11th-century Icelandic court poet
• Óttar of Dublin, 12th-century Norse-Gael king of Dublin

Forename

• Ottar Brox (1932–), Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
• Ottar Dahl (1924–), Norwegian historian and historiographer
• Ottar Fjærvoll (1914–1995), Norwegian politician from the Centre Party
• Ottar Gjermundshaug (1925–1963), Norwegian skier who competed in the early 1950s
• Ottar Grønvik (1916–2008), Norwegian philologist and runology scholar
• Tor Ottar Karlsen (1950–), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Ottar Landfald (1919–), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party

In Norse Mythology, Óttar, also known as Óttar the Simple, is a protégé of the goddess Freyja. He appeared in Hyndluljóð (the Lay of Hyndla), a poem in the Poetic Edda. In this tale, Óttar is said to be very pious to the goddesses. He built a shrine of stones, a hörgr, and on it made many offerings to Freyja. The goddess answered his prayers and went on a journey to help him find his pedigree. Freyja disguised Óttar as her boar Hildisvini (the Battle-Swine) and brought him to the giantess Hyndla, a seeress. There, Freyja forced Hyndla to tell Óttar about his ancestors, as well as to give him a memory potion so that he would remember all that he was told.

It has been theorized that the framework of the poem was created for the 12th-century poet to produce a list of mythical heroes' names. The poem does not connect much to other poems in the Edda, and is often viewed as a semi-historical work. Viktor Rydberg theorized that Óttar is another spelling of the name Óðr.