Jarngreipr
Jarngreipr , Old Norse Járngreipr , Járnglófi or Jarngreip , is the name of the iron glove of the god Thor in Norse mythology . According to Chapter 21 Gylfaginning , from the so-called Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson , Thor could only handle the hammer Mjölnir, which he attributed, with the Járngreipr . Another attribute of Thor is his belt Megingiard .
“Hann á ok þrjá kostgripi. Einn þeira er hamarrinn Mjöllnir, he hrímþursar ok bergrisar kenna, þá he hann kemr á loft, ok he þat eigi undarligt. Hann hefir lamit margan house á feðrum eða frændum þeira. Annan grip á hann beztan, megingjarðar, ok he hann spennir þeim um sik, þá vex honum ásmegin hálfu. Inn þriðja hlut á hann, þann er mikill gripr er í. Þat eru járnglófar. Þeira má hann eigi missa við hamarskaftit. En engi er svá fróðr, at telja kunni öll stórvirki hans, en segja kann ek þér svá mörg tíðendi frá honum, at dveljast munu stundirnar, áðr en he says every day, þat he ek veit. "
“He has three gems, the Mjölnir hammer, which Hrimthursen and mountain giants know when it is thrown; which is not surprising that he has killed many fathers or friends with it in the head. His second gem is Megingiard; when he straps it on, he gains double sir strength. The third treasure of great value is Járnglófar ; because he cannot do without it to grasp the handle of the hammer. No one is so smart that he knows how to tell all of his great deeds. I could tell you some news from him that the day goes by until I have said everything I know. "
literature
- Arnulf Krause : The Edda of Snorri Sturluson , Reclam 2008
- Gustav Neckel : The Younger Edda - With the so-called first (1st) grammatical treatise. In: Thule Collection - Old Norse Poetry and Prose , Felix Niedner (Ed.), Vol. 20. (reprint of the last edition, afterword by Siegfried Gutenbrunner ). Eugen Diedrichs, Cologne 1966.
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .