Thrymr (mythology)
Thrymr , also Thrymir or Thrym , ( Old Norse "noise") is the literary figure of a Jötunn ( giant ) from the song named after him Þrymskviða of the song Edda , which belongs to the group of Thorslieder.
The content is about the return of the hammer Mjolnir that Thrymr had stolen from Thor . As the price for handing over the hammer, the giant demands the goddess Freyja as his bride. The gods make a show of trading. Thor disguises himself as Freyja and moves to the giant's fortress with Loki . Thrymr's suspicions are repeatedly dispelled by Loki. His eloquence finally moves Thrymr to hand over the hammer to the "bride" - the disguised Thor. As soon as Thor has his hammer in his hands again, he immediately kills all the giants he can get hold of. Thrymr is also killed by him.
The figure of Thrymr appears in Norse literature only in the enumeration of the giants in the Þulur . For this reason, the giant is considered a creation of the anonymous poet of derrymskviða without anchoring in folk mythology.
literature
- Klaus von See , Beatrice La Farge, Eve Picard, Ilona Priebe and Katja Schulz: Commentary on the songs of the Edda, Vol. 2: Götterlieder (Skírnismál, Hárbarðslióð, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða) . Winter, Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 3-8253-0534-1 .
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .
