Awair Strabain or Avar Stråben ("straw-legs") was according to the Gutasaga a chieftain from Alva socken on Gotland and a wise and able man.
The Gutasaga relates how many kinds attacked the island of Gotland in heathen times, but the gutes had always emerged victorious.
Apparently the gutes were in conflict with the Swedes since several emissaries were sent to them to negotiate peace, but with no success.
According to a legend Awair Strabain came to the king of the Swedes and was granted an audience during a meal.
The archaeologists Birger Nerman, Gad Rausing och Bo Gräslund date Awair to the middle of the 6'th century.