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Hrungnir (Old Norse: [ˈhruŋɡnez̠], 'brawler') is a jötunn in
Norse mythology. He is
described as made of
stone and is
ultimately killed in a duel with...
- Skáldskaparmál
contains the
following description of the
heart of the jötunn
Hrungnir: "
Hrungnir had a
heart that was famous. It was made of hard
stone with three...
- role in the myth of Thor's
battle with the
giant Hrungnir: But the
hammer Mjöllnir
struck Hrungnir in the
middle of the head, and
smashed his
skull into...
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transformed into the mead of
poetry after his death. The duel
between the
giant Hrungnir and Thor. The plan by the
giant Geirrödr to
entrap Thor, and how Thor triumphed...
- the land of Jötunheimr and
arrives at the
residence of the jötunn
Hrungnir.
Hrungnir asks "what sort of
person this was"
wearing a
golden helmet, "riding...
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where he
meets the jötunn made of
stone Hrungnir and
wagers that no
horse there was as good as his. Angered,
Hrungnir chases Odin back to
Asgard on his horse...
- It was
originally owned by
Hrungnir, and was
later given to
Magni by Thor as a
reward for
lifting off the leg of
Hrungnir,
which lay over the unconscious...
- Loki. In
chapter 17, the jötunn
Hrungnir finds himself in Asgard, the
realm of the gods, and
becomes very drunk.
Hrungnir boasts that he will move Valhalla...
- the jötunn
Hrungnir.
After Thor has
dispatched Hrungnir with the
hammer Mjollnir, Gróa is
asked to help
magically remove shards of
Hrungnir's whetstone...
- adds that her
mother is Sif. In
Bragi Boddason's Ragnarsdrápa, the jötunn
Hrungnir is
called "thief of Þrúðr" (Þrúðar þjófr). But
there is no
direct reference...
