![]() ![]() Once in Jotunheim, Loki and Thor happened to stop at the home of the giantess Grid, who warned Thor of the plot against him. ![]() Intrigued, Thor consented to go and see them, leaving his beloved hammer Mjölnir and his girdle of strength behind. This giant despised Thor, and offered to release Loki on the condition he lure the hero to Jotunheim without his magical talismans.Īgreeing to the giant's demands, Loki returned to Asgard and told Thor of the beauty of Geirrod’s daughters, Gjalp and Greip. One day, Loki was visiting Jotunheim when he was captured by a giant named Geirrod. Thor returned to Jotunheim under similar circumstances in the Thorsdrapa, a work by the 10th century CE skaldic poet Eilífr Goðrúnarson. When Thrym brought forth Mjölnir to consecrate the marriage, Thor seized his weapon and killed the entire wedding party, leaving grand Thrymheim drenched in blood. In due time, the wedding ceremony commenced. ‘From food has Freyja eight nights fasted, When Thrym noticed "Freya’s" worn appearance, Loki asked him to pardon the maiden's condition: The mountains burst, earth burned with fire,Īfter several days of hard riding, the two haggard crossdressers entered Thrym’s hall (better known as Thrymheim). They wrenched at the halters, swift were they to run Then home the goats to the hall were driven, After much convincing, Thor reluctantly donned the bridal veil and the gods made haste to Jotunheim: ![]() As they debated alternative ways to retrieve the hammer, Heimdall hatched a scheme: dressed as Freya and her handmaiden, Thor and Loki would sneak into Jotunheim and take back the hammer. The gods found this proposition unacceptable. In exchange for the hammer's safe return, Thrym demanded Freya’s hand in marriage. Loki immediately borrowed Freya's falcon-feather cloak and raced off to Jotunheim, where he spied Mjölnir in the hands of the giant Thrym. In a panic, he assembled the gods and asked for their help in finding it. Told in the Þrymskviða of the Poetic Edda, the story began when Thor awoke to find his beloved hammer missing. Jotunheim was also featured in a story involving the theft of Thor’s hammer Mjölnir. Thjazi had rowed out to sea, but Idunn was at home alone: Loki turned her into the shape of a nut and grasped her in his claws and flew his utmost. Acting quickly, Loki transformed the goddess into a nut and delivered her (and her apples) to Asgard and the shelter of the gods:Īnd when he got the hawk‘s plumage, he flew north into Jötunheim, and came on a certain day to the home of Thjazi the giant. After borrowing Freya’s falcon-feather cloak, Loki flew off to Thjazi's palace in Jotunheim, where Idun was sitting all alone. When they learned of Loki’s treachery, they threatened him with death unless he managed to bring Idun back. The Asgardian gods depended on Idun's apples to maintain their youth. Upon returning to Asgard, Loki lured Idun to the forest, where the shapeshifter (in the form of an eagle) whisked her away to Jotunheim. In exchange for his release, Loki promised to bring Thjazi the goddess Idun and her youth-granting apples. While exploring Jotunheim, Loki angered the jötunn Thjazi and soon found himself in the shapeshifter's talons. One such tale-that of Idun and her magical apples-appeared in Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál of the Prose Edda. ![]() Jotunheim served as an important setting in several Norse myths. Derived from the Old Norse words for ”home“ and “jötunn,” Jotunheim meant “home of the jötunn.” Mythology Idun and the Magic Apples ![]()
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