
	Where results make sense

Topic: Hrungnir

Related Topics

Bolthorn

Thrudgelmir

Hrod

Bergelmir

Hymir

Utgardaloki

Thrym

Ymir

Gymir

Gunnlod

Jotun

Skadi

Valknut

Aegir

Kari

In the News (Tue 17 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Hrungnir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hrungnir was a giant in Norse mythology, slain by the god Thor with his hammer Mjollnir.
		Prior to his demise, Hrungnir engaged in a wager with Odin in which Odin staked his head betting on his horse, Sleipnir being faster than the steed of the giant's Gullfaxi.
		His heart had a peculiar shape, it was triangular due to which both the Valknut and the Triquetra have been called Hrungnir's heart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hrungnir (150 words)

	Hurstwic Norse Mythology: Thor and Hrungnir
		Hrungnir became drunk and abusive of the hospitality of the Æsir.
		Hrungnir, on the other hand, had a heart of stone, a head of stone, a shield of stone, and for a weapon, he carried a whetstone, ready to be hurled.
		Hrungnir saw the hammer flying towards him and hurled his whetstone at the hammer.
	www.hurstwic.org /history/articles/mythology/myths/text/hrungnir.htm (700 words)

	Thor in Skaldskaparmal
		Hrungnir said that Sleipnir was a fine horse, but maintained that he possessed one called Gold-mane that could step out much better, and losing his temper he sprang on to his mount and galloped after Oðin, intending to pay him out for his big talk.
		Hrungnir said that it would not enhance Thór's reputation to kill him unarmed as he was, and that it would be a greater test of courage if he dared to fight him on the frontier at Grjótúnagarðar (stone fence house).
		Hrungnir lifted up the hone in both hands and flung it against the hammer, and the hone colliding with it in mid-air was smashed to pieces.
	home.earthlink.net /~asatru/thor/skaldskaparmal.html (2885 words)

	[No title]
		And Hrungnir was wroth, and he leapt upon his horse, and galloped after Odin, thinking to pay him out for his boastful words.
		Hrungnir had the heart which is so famous, of hard-stone, and spiked, three-cornered like the Runic character afterwards made, which is called Hrungnir's heart (14).
		Hrungnir, uplifting the hone with both hands, cast it against him: and hone met hammer in flight, whereupon the hone brake in sunder, one part falling to earth, (whence are quarried all hones) but the other part dashed into Thor's head, so that he fell forward on the ground.
	www.stavacademy.co.uk /mimir/Hrungnir.htm (3185 words)

	Norse myths :: Thor's duel with Hrungnir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In his stupor, Hrungnir spouted much nonense, including how he would move Valhalla to Jotunheim, how he would have the mead all to himself and how he would kill all the Aesir except for Freya and Sif, both of whom he wanted to take as his wives.
		He had wanted to kill Hrungnir there on that spot, but the giant was clear-headed enough to hold off the challenge, for he had neither fellow giants or weapons with him during that time.
		Furthermore, Hrungnir told Thor, that he was not in his best form and Thor would gain no glory even if he killed the giant.
	www.norse-myths.com /Norse-myths-Thor-Hrungnir1.html (378 words)

	Questing Spirit: PE: Harbarthsljoth
		Hrungnir: this giant rashly wagered his head that his horse, Gullfaxi, was swifter than Othin's Sleipnir.
		Hrungnir, terrified, had a helper made for him in the form of a dummy giant nine miles high and three miles broad.
		Hrungnir himself had a three-horned heart of stone and a head of stone; his shield was of stone and his weapon was a grindstone.
	www.angelfire.com /stars3/ashtah/edda8.html (2232 words)

	Thor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Hrungnir asked who the man was in the golden helmet who was riding through the air and over the sea, adding that he had a remarkably fine horse.
		Hrungnir looking at Thór in no friendly manner answered that Óðin had invited him to drink with him, and that he was there under his safe-conduct.
		Hrungnir shoved his shield under his feet and stood on it, grasping the hone with both hands.
	home.flash.net /~runhild/runes/thorduel.html (988 words)

	Of Thor and Giants
		Odin encountered the giant Hrungnir, where he told the frost-giant there was no better horse in the Giantland than his own (Sleipnir).
		Hrungnir told the Aesir that he would move Valhalla to Jötunheim, and destroy Asgard and the gods.
		Hrungnir believed Thialfi, so he placed his shield on the ground and stood on top of it.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/thor.html (4808 words)

	Giselle and the Gift of TsalTsala
		Hrungnir was the first to find his courage and raise his eyes.
		Hrungnir and I are as one and you only have half, and have left me only half.
		Sif reminded herself, somewhere inside this beautiful terrible creature was her Hrungnir and she loved Oona that night with all the passion for her husband she had kept bottled up since his death.
	www.geocities.com /Blackbird_61/mura/giselle01.html (5998 words)

	Myth and Legends - Hrungnir's Heart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Hrungnir, a frost giant of Norse mythology, was not known for his temperance — perhaps because his heart and head were made of stone.
		Odin’s son Thor walked in at the height of this abuse, and in anger challenged the giant to a duel.
		The symbol is known as Hrungnir’s heart, heart of the slain, Valknut or Odin’s knot.
	www.glodershop.com /myths_entry_detail.php?RECORD_KEY(quilts)=ID&ID(quilts)=39 (260 words)

	Jani Salonen \| Mytologia, Hrungnir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		By this time, the two had ridden to Asgard, the divine stronghold, where Hrungnir was invited to rest before returning to Jotunheim, the land of the giants.
		At this point the giant-slayer Thor returned and waved his magic hammer at Hrungnir, but the frost giant, understanding that he would be easily killed without his own weapons, challenged Thor to a duel on the border between Asgard and Jotunheim.
		Although the hammer shattered the whetstone and went on to crush Hrungnir's skull, a number of stone fragments lodged in Thor's head and he was also pinned beneath one of the fallen Hrungnir's legs.
	koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_047.html (366 words)

	THE PROSE EDDA In FourParts Part Three - Skáldskaparmal BY SNORRI STURLUSON TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC WITH AN ...
		Hrungnir asked what manner of man he with the golden helm might be, who rode through air and water; and said that the stranger had a wondrous good steed.
		Hrungnir answered that it was a good horse, but declared that he had a much better paced horse which was called Gold-Mane.
		Hrungnir answered that Ása-Thor would have scant renown for killing him, weaponless as he was: it were a greater trial of his courage if he dared fight with Hrungnir on the border at Grjótúnagard.
	evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /edda03.htm (6617 words)

	Groa - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		She makes an appearance in the Prose Edda, in the context of Thor's battle with the giant Hrungnir.
		After Thor had despatched Hrungnir with his hammer Mjollnir, Groa was asked to help magically remove shards of Hrungnir's whetstone which had become embedded in Thor's head.
		Unfortunately while Groa was about her work, Thor distracted her by giving her news of her husband's whereabouts (he had earlier helped Aurvandil cross the river Elivagar), telling her that her husband was now at home.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Groa (181 words)

	Bulfinch's Mythology
		Thor approached preceded by Thialfi, his servant, who, running ahead, shouted out to Hrungnir that it was useless to hold his shield before him, for the god Thor would attack him out of the ground.
		Hrungnir at this flung his shield on the ground, and, standing upon it, made ready.
		Miolnir met the club half way, broke it in pieces, and burying itself in the stone skull of Hrungnir, felled him to the ground.
	manybooks.net /pages/bulfinchetext02bmaof10/374.html (333 words)

	Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology
		Freya is said to have a talent for witchcraft and it is said that when she came to Asgard she instructed the gods about magic charms and potions.
		In the story of Thor's Duel with Hrungnir it is Groa who uses her magic to cure Thor's headache.
		Hrungnir- A giant who was involved in a race with Odhinn and a duel with Thor.
	todd.reimer.com /norse/myth.html (5818 words)

	Northvegr - Prose Edda - Brodeur Trans.
		Hrungnir had the heart which is notorious, of hard stone and spiked with three corners, even as the written character is since formed, which men call Hrungnir's Heart.
		Hrungnir lifted up the hone in both hands and cast it against him; it struck the hammer in flight, and the hone burst in sunder: one part fell to the earth, and thence are come all the flint-rocks; the other burst on Thor's head, so that he fell forward to the earth.
		But the hammer Mjöllfir struck Hrungnir in the middle of the head, and smashed his skull into small crumbs, and he fell forward upon Thor, so that his foot lay over Thor's neck.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/prose/117120.php (555 words)

	Thor's Giant Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Hrungnir quickly challenged Thor to a dual, which had never happened before.
		Hrungnir carried a stone shield and the massive whetstone.
		Pjalfi came with Thor to the battle, warning Hrungnir that Thor was attacking from beneath the earth.
	www.rochesterschool.org /pages/school/2003pages/cg/giants.htm (1658 words)

	Hrungnir Armored Assault Vehicle: A LEGO® creation by Adam Wozniak : MOCpages.com
		The Hrungnir, an Armored Assault Vehicle, is a powerful ground vehicle great for a number of roles.
		The Hrungnir, an Armored Assault Vehicle, is named after Hrungnir, a giant from Norse mythology.
		With two side-mounted artillery cannons and a rotating anti-air turret, just one Hrungnir is a formidable opponent in battle.
	www.mocpages.com /moc.php/9373 (490 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Norse Mythology (H-N) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In Norse mythology, Hresvelgr is a giant who lives in the extreme north and the motion of whose wings causes wind and tempest.
		In Norse mythology, Hrungnir was the strongest of the giants.
		He was a living mountain with flesh made from clay and a head and heart of stone.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /D4B.HTM (1072 words)

	ThorAndHrungnir
		Nature mythologists equated Møkkurkalfi ("Mist-Calf") with a cloud, and took Hrungnir to mean "Roarer;" thus the thundergod makes a storm.
		Dumezil's New Comparative approach correctly argued that Hrungnir's three-cornered heart of stone affiliates the tale with the "tricephal" (three-headed) versions of the dragonslayer myth-complex.
		Similarly, when Hrungnir gets obnoxious in Ásgarðr the gods try the same ploy, and it is Freyja, the fertility goddess, who serves him liquor.
	www.unlv.edu /faculty/jmstitt/Eng480/hrungnir.html (850 words)

	Scandinavian mythology 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Hrungnir had got famous stone heart; his weapon was a whetstone.
		As his assistant, an enormous giant Mekkurkalvi was made of clay.
		However, Thor's hammer broke Hrungnir's whetstone and head.
	www.redrival.com /mythology/Scandinavian2.htm (491 words)

	Jani Salonen \| Mytologia, Magni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		After his duel with Hrungnir, the strongest of the frost giants, Thor fell wounded to the ground, as fragments of whetstone had lodged in his head.
		He was also unable to move because one of Hrungnir's lifeless legs pinned him to the ground.
		Insult was nearly added to injury when, at the age of three years, Magni proved strong enough to free his father Thor, even though none of the gods had been able to shift Hrungnir's leg.
	koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_065.html (175 words)

	Norse myths :: The mythical beings - Frost giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		As Hrungnir got drunk, he started spouting all kinds of blasphemous nonsense against the gods and eventually, Thor arrived and challenged him to a duel.
		Because Hrungnir was not prepared during that time, the duel was postponed and was to be set in Griotunagardar, at the border of Jotunheim.
		Needless to say, Hrungnir lost to Thor in the end, even with the help of a nine-league tall clay giant.
	www.norse-myths.com /Norse-myths-Frost-giants.html (1295 words)

	Giants
		Hrungnir owned a horse called Gullfaxi ("Golden Mane"), the fastest horse in the Giantland, but Odin boasted that his horse (Sleipnir) was better.
		Though, Thor's Mjollnir broke the whetstone in half, one of the piece was lodged in Thor's head.
		Thor could not push Hrungnir off him, but Magni removed Hrungnir's body off his father.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/giants.html (2652 words)

	Thor Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The chip is reminscent of one of the numerous legends told of the Norse god of the sky, Thor, for whom the bridge was named.
		Hrungnir bellowed that he would destroy the gods and carry off Thor's wife, Sif.
		Hrungnir pulled out his own weapon, a huge whetstone, which he hurled at the god.
	www.bcpl.net /~lmoskowi/hounds/intro/THOR.HTM (1078 words)

	Large Picture
		In his Prose Edda, the Icelander Snorri Sturluson recorded the tale of the bombastic giant Hrungnir, who by ill-luck challenged Thor to a fight.
		However the death of Hrungnir did provide an opportunity to observe his heart: ''Hrungnir''s heart was made of hard stone and had three corners, like those formed by making the sign known as Hrungnir''s heart.''The precise meaning of ''Hrungnir''s heart'' has been lost in the mists of time.
		However, it is tempting to believe that the heart is the same symbol that we know by the Latin name triquetra.
	www.dmol.dk /engelsk/billede_info.asp?genst_id=18470 (357 words)

	THUNDER ISSUE 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the story of Hrungnir, Óðin wagers his head to the giant that he has the better horse, and after racing to Ásgard Óðin invites Hrungnir in for a drink.
		The gods get tired of this, and call in Thor, but Hrungnir says that Thor would be a coward to kill him unarmed as he was, and so challenges him to a single combat, in which Thor defeats him.
		Hrungnir and Thor had agreed to fight a duel and Hrungnir arrived at the duelling place with his favoured weapon, a great whetstone, and his shield.
	www.thorshof.org /thunder4.htm (6474 words)

	[No title]
		It is mentioned explicitly in Thor's encounter with Hrungnir, who had challenged Thor to a duel and arranged to meet him in Giantland.
		As Hrungnir stood ready, he all at once saw lightning and heard great claps of thunder, then Thor appeared in his ¡s-rage, and threw his hammer from a great distance.
		Hrungnir threw his own whetstone club in return, but when it collided with Mjollnir, it broke into many pieces, and the hammer hit Hrungnir in the head and shattered his skull, which was also made of stone.
	www.mackaos.com.au /Articles/Mjol.html (2983 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)