Hrimthurs, a giant in disguise as a human stonemason, came to the gods of Asgard one day offering to build the walls around Asgard in only one winter. However, for his services he wanted to have Freyja as his bride, Sol, and Mani, but the gods were wary of the stonemason. Loki did not believe he could finish such a task and so he convinced the gods to accept the stonemason. As Hrimthurs began work, he brought along his horse, Svadilfari, to help him. The deadline was approaching quickly and the gods were beginning to get worried that they would lose not only Freyja but also the sun and moon so since Loki had been the one to talk them into hiring Hrimthurs, they sent Loki to do something about the problem. As a result, Loki disguised himself as a mare to lead Svadifari away from Hrimthurs thus causing Hrimthurs to chase after Svadifari and fall behind on work. Hrimthurs dropped his disguise in anger at being tricked and seeing that he was a giant, Thor instantly killed him with Mjollnir. Afterwards, Loki disappeared for several months before returning to Asgard with an eight-legged colt named Sleipnir that he had given birth to as a mare when he failed to escape from Svadifari.
“Construction of Asgard.” Timeless Myths.1999. 9 December 2008. http://www.timelessmyths.com/ norse/beginning.html.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Sif’s Golden Hair
As Loki watched the sun sparkling down into the forest one day, he was reminded of Sif’s golden hair. He found Sif braiding her hair and when she questioned him on why he was there, he told her that Thor had asked him to help her to look the most beautiful she has ever been before he returns. Hearing that her beloved husband had asked Loki to help her, she agreed but as soon as Sif was distracted by a noise coming from the other side of the forest, Loki took the chance to cut off her hair. When Thor came home to find his beautiful wife’s golden hair gone, he told Loki to find a way to fix what he had done. Loki didn’t know how he could possibly fix this until he remembered the dwarfs. Immediately, Loki went to the Sons of Ivaldi and asked he to make a headpiece for Sif. However, the sons returned with not only a beautiful golden headpiece but also a magical spear and a magical boat. As he left the cavern, he tricked two other dwarves into making him more gifts. Brokkr and his brother, Eitri, got to work and despite the fact that Loki changed himself into a fly and tried to distract them from their work, the two brothers were able to successfully complete a magical ring that cloned itself every nine days, a boar with gold-tipped tusks, and Mjollnir, a magical hammer that never missed its target. In Asgard, the gods were surprised to see Loki return with not only several gift but also two dwarves. Everyone was pleased with their gifts and since Loki had made a bet with Brokkr and Eitri, he declared himself the winner but as punishment for tricking them, the brother sewed Loki’s mouth shut with thread, that would prevent him from talking until the thread ran out.
Grullon, Joshua. “Sif’s Golden Hair.” Deities, Myths and Heroes. 9 December 2008. http://www.bol.sapphiremoon.info/dmh/myth_sif.htm#top.
Grullon, Joshua. “Sif’s Golden Hair.” Deities, Myths and Heroes. 9 December 2008. http://www.bol.sapphiremoon.info/dmh/myth_sif.htm#top.
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