Þrymskviða

Þrymskviða, one of several individual poems of Eddic literature preserved in the Codex Regius. Its ballad structure, end-stopped style, and excellent preservation have led scholars to suggest that it is one of the latest of the Eddic poems. It describes how the giant Þrym steals Mjǫllnir, the hammer of Thor, and demands marriage to the goddess Freyja if he returns the hammer. Freyja, of course, wants nothing to do with Þrym, so Thor disguises himself...