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Norse mythical character
In
Norse mythology
,
Þrymr
(
Thrymr
,
Thrym
; "noise"
[1]
[2]
) was a
jotunn
. He is the namesake of the Eddic poem
Þrymskviða
, in which he stole
Thor
's hammer
Mj?lnir
. An early king of the same name is mentioned in
Hversu Noregr byggðist
.
Þrymskviða
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Through
Loki
, Þrymr conveys his demand for the goddess
Freyja
's hand in marriage as the price for returning Mj?lnir, which he has buried eight
leagues
under the ground. When Loki flies to
J?tunheimar
using Freyja's
feather cloak
, he finds Þrymr
sitting on a mound
, twisting gold leashes for his dogs, and primping his horses' manes. He is repeatedly described as
þursa drottinn
("lord of thurses"). To recover his hammer, Thor travels to J?tunheimar disguised as Freyja, in bridal
drag
; when Þrymr peeps under "her" veil, seeking a kiss from his bride, Thor's glare sends him reeling the length of the hall.
[3]
Nonetheless, Þrymr is stupid enough to believe the explanations of "Freyja's handmaiden", Loki.
[4]
[5]
Thor regains his weapon when Þrymr has it brought out and laid in Thor's lap to bless their union, and strikes Þrymr dead first, followed by all his assembled kin and following.
The only other mention of Þrymr is in the
þulur
appended to the
Prose Edda
, probably deriving from
Þrymskviða
.
[1]
[2]
Hversu Noregr byggðist
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Among early rulers of Norway, a Þrymr is mentioned as ruling
Agder
and having sons named Agði and Agnarr.
[6]
References
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]
- ^
a
b
Rudolf Simek
, trans. Angela Hall,
Dictionary of Northern Mythology
, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1993, repr. 2000, p. 330.
- ^
a
b
John McKinnell, "Myth as Therapy: The Usefulness of
Þrymskviða
",
Medium Ævum
69.1 (2000) 1?20, p. 19, note 62.
- ^
An example of the ferocity of Thor's gaze;
Jan de Vries
,
Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte
, 2 vols., Volume 2, 2nd ed. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1957, repr. as 3rd ed. 1970, p. 122
(in German)
.
- ^
John Lindow
,
Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs
, Oxford: Oxford University, 2001, repr. 2002, p. 295.
- ^
McKinnell, p. 4, describes him as "aggressive, stupid, and bombastic throughout".
- ^
Hversu Noregr byggðist
at Heimskringla.no, from
Fornaldarsogur Norðurlanda
, Volume 2, ed.
Guðni Jonsson
, 1943?44.
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