Thor did just that and went to Jotunheim covered in a beautiful bridal gown.įooled, Thrymir threw a feast and began wooing Thor/Freyja. Loki returned to Asgard and the gods devised a plan – Thor was to put on bridal clothes and present himself to Thrymr as Freyja, offering herself in marriage. The giant admitted to the theft readily and with no remorse. The two borrowed the goddessess’ suit of falcon feathers and, putting it on, Loki flew to Jotunheima and met with Thrymr. Having heard him, Loki decided to help for once, and took his nephew Thor to the goddess Freyja. Once the god of thunder realized Mjolnir was missing and Asgard was without its main defense, he started shouting and crying angrily. Thor’s Lost HammerĪnother myth tells the story of how the jötnar king Þrymr, or Thrymr, stole Thor’s hammer Mjolnir. Flying right above it, Thjazi’s wings caught on fire and he fell to the ground where he was slain by the gods. Once the two giant birds approached Asgard, however, the gods lit a giant bonfire under the city’s gates. Thjazi transformed into an eagle again and chased after Loki. Loki transformed himself into a falcon, flew into Þrymheimr, transformed Idunn and her apple basket into a nut, took them in his claws, and flew away. The gods, having started to age without Idun’s magic apples, told Loki to find a way to save Idunn from the giant’s capture. Having captured Loki, Thjazi forced him to go to Asgard and rule the beautiful Idunn out so that Thjazi could take her for himself in Þrymheimr – Thjazi’s place in Jotunheim. In this myth, the giant Þjazi, or Thjazi, transformed into an eagle and attacked Loki as the trickster god was walking about Jotunheim. One of the popular myths taking place in Jotunheim has to do with the goddess Idunn and her apples of immortality. Naturally, quite a few Norse myths take place in Jotunheim or are related to it. The name Jotunheim literally translates as “Realm of the Jotun” (plural jötnar) – the prehistoric giant-like beings who the Asgardian gods had to fight away to create Asgard and Midgard. The wintery realm is also said to exist around the Midgard realm of men. Jotunheim is separated from Asgard by the mighty river Ifingr. “Beyond the Fence”) symbolize the wildness of the world beyond Asgard’s and Midgard’s safety (Midgard being the realm of men). There, the realm of giants and jötnar and its capital Utgard (i.e. Jotunheim is much more than just a snowy, icy place in Norse mythology.
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