Hrungnir

Also known as: Hrungner · Role: Jotun · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Harbard

Life events

Hrungner entered Asgard and drank with the asas under Odin’s protection.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor and Hrungner · Part 1 · 📍 Asgard)
- With: Odin
- “When he came to the hall door, the asas invited him to drink with them.”
Hrungner challenged Thor to a duel, and Thor accepted.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor and Hrungner · Part 1 · 📍 Grjottungard)
- With: Thor
- “Thor was by no means the man to refuse to fight a duel when he was challenged, an honor which never had been shown him before.”
Thor killed Hrungner in their duel.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor and Hrungner · Part 1 · 📍 Grjottungard)
- With: Thor
- “But the hammer Mjolner hit Hrungner right in the head, and crushed his skull in small pieces.”
Magne removed Hrungner’s foot from Thor’s neck.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor and Hrungner · Part 1 · 📍 Grjottungard)
- With: Magni Thor
- “He threw Hrungner’s foot off Thor, and said It was a great mishap, father, that I came so late.”
Thor defeats Hrungner in the battle.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor and Hrungner · Part 2)
- With: Thor
- “Made fall the bear of the loud-roaring mountain; On his shield Bite the dust Must the giant Before the sharp-edged hammer,”

enemies with Thor “Thou now remindest me how I with Hrungnir fought, that stout-hearted Jotun, whose head was all of stone; yet I made him fall, and sink before me.”

enemies with Thor “But the hammer Mjolner hit Hrungner right in the head, and crushed his skull in small pieces.”
patron: Odin “Thor replied that he should come to rue that invitation before he came out. Hrungner again answered that it would be but little credit to Asa-Thor to kill him, unarmed as he was.”

enemies with Thor “Much did the giant Get frightened, I learn, When his bane man he saw Ready to slay him.”

Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.