T is for Thor.
No mysteries why Thor has been chosen for the A-Z challenge of Norse Mythology. He is the most loveable of all the gods although he does a lot of killing, (of giants).
Thor is famous for his hammer, Mjollnir (see the M post) which he uses against giants. But he is also the protector of thralls, that is humans. Thor always had a soft spot for the human condition and actually took two humans, Roskva and Thialfi to Utgard, where he planned to kick some giant butt.
In the story Thor and Loki had stopped the night at a poor family's sod home and slaughtered his goats for dinner to share with the starving family but on the condition that no-one break any bones, (he was going to bring the goats back to life in the morning).
Below an excerpt from the 4th grade play, The Contest:
Thialfi, who had a gift for running, was brought to Utgard and raced against a giant named Hugi. What no-one knew was that Thialfi was really running against Thought, a contest he could not win.
No mysteries why Thor has been chosen for the A-Z challenge of Norse Mythology. He is the most loveable of all the gods although he does a lot of killing, (of giants).
Thor is famous for his hammer, Mjollnir (see the M post) which he uses against giants. But he is also the protector of thralls, that is humans. Thor always had a soft spot for the human condition and actually took two humans, Roskva and Thialfi to Utgard, where he planned to kick some giant butt.
In the story Thor and Loki had stopped the night at a poor family's sod home and slaughtered his goats for dinner to share with the starving family but on the condition that no-one break any bones, (he was going to bring the goats back to life in the morning).
Below an excerpt from the 4th grade play, The Contest:
The family of humans
ate well that night
But all warnings were
forgotten
After that first bite
Thialfi cracked a thighbone
To suck out the marrow
And for this
temptation
He drew fate’s arrow
Thialfi, who had a gift for running, was brought to Utgard and raced against a giant named Hugi. What no-one knew was that Thialfi was really running against Thought, a contest he could not win.
6 comments:
wow--they were not going to eat i guess unless thor had come along to bring the goats back--fascinating
I think they had gruel.
But meat was a luxury.
Convenient to have animals that you can bring back to life!
Sounds fascinating. Most mythology I knew, I have forgotten. But, I am pretty sure I never heard that story.
Love the poem :)
Quite often I feel like Thialfi, running against thought and unable to catch it.
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Interesting. I knew about Thor, but never really read about him.
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