Giant Hrungnir Who Lost The Race And Engaged In A Deadly Duel With Mighty Thor In Norse Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Thor protects the Aesir gods and humans from giants and monsters. He battles his main enemy, the serpent of Midgard, as well as the formidable giants of Jötunheimr, the world of giants and other evil powers. Without Thor’s strength and courage, the gods and humans would be nearly defenseless.
Thor's duel with Hrungnir. Ludwig Pietsch (1824-1911) - Reusch, Rudolf Friedrich. 1865. Die nordischen Göttersagen. Credit: Public Domain
It was agreed that Thor and Hrungnir would fight in a duel and meet at Griottunagard ('Place of Stones') in Jötunheimr. Thor would fight accompanied by his human servant Thialfi, so the giants—fearing Thor's power before the duel—constructed a creature of clay nine leagues tall (about nine miles) long and proportionately broad, whom they called Mokkurkalfi.
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