Hugi (mythology)
Hugi is a thought of Utgardloki in Norse mythology .
In the Gylfaginning , Thjalfi, a companion of Asen Thor, has to compete against Hugi. In the first run Hugi was so far ahead that at the end of the track he turned towards Loki. Then Utgardloki said : You better stretch out, Thialfi, if you want to win the game; but it is true that no one has come here who seemed more ready to walk. They started the second run, and when Hugi got to the end of the track and turned around, Thialfi was still a good arrow shot back. Then Utgardloki said: That seems to have gone well with me; but now I hardly believe that he will win the game; that will now be seen when they run the third run. Then they took another aim and when Hugi had come to the end of the train and turned around, Thialfi had not yet reached the middle of the train.
It is later revealed that Hugi was nothing more than the windy thought that no one could catch up with.
literature
- Wolfgang Golther: Handbook of Germanic mythology . Phaidon Verlag Essen, ISBN 3-88851-138-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Prose Edda: Gylfaginning, Chapter 46
