Thrym

Family: Jötuns · Role: lord · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Thrym, or the Hammer Recovered

Life events

• Thrym reveals that he has Thor's hammer and demands Freyia as his wife for its return.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Thrym, or the Hammer Recovered · 📍 Jotunheim)
  • With: Thor Freyja
  • “I have Hlorridi's hammer hidden eight rasts beneath the earth; it shall no man get again, unless he bring me Freyia to wife.”
• Thor and Loki arrive in Jotunheim, where Thrym welcomes them for the wedding feast.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Thrym, or the Hammer Recovered · 📍 Jotunheim)
  • With: Thor Loki
  • “In the evening they early came, and for the Jotuns beer was brought forth.”
• Thor recognizes his hammer and kills Thrym.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Thrym, or the Hammer Recovered · 📍 Jotunheim)
  • With: Thor
  • “He first slew Thrym, the Thursar's lord, and the Jotun's race all crushed;”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Thrym, or the Hammer Recovered

• admired: Freyja “it shall no man get again, unless he bring me Freyia to wife.”
• enemies with Thor “He first slew Thrym, the Thursar's lord, and the Jotun's race all crushed;”

Also listed in Jötuns — Minor Figures

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