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		Thorsdrapa 3 characterizes this same stream as "Gandvik," the Magic bay.
		In a difficult kenning occuring in Thorsdrapa, the giantess Greip is called "The embrace of the arms of the perjurous hapt." Hapt is a designation for a divine being.
		Thorsdrapa preserves a similar tale in regard to the men from "Idis setr," that accompany Thor across the Elivagar rivers.
	www.squirrel.com /asatru/nidhad/AEsir_and_the_Elves.txt (9902 words)

	Northvegr - The Culture of the Teutons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The corresponding verses in the Thorsdrapa imply a description of the scenes all but identical with the version of Snorri, but the kennings in which Eilif clothes the contest bridge the gap between the myth and the drama in suggesting the dramatic setting of the story, and thus indirectly bring out the original legend.
		Euphuistic as the Thorsdrapa is, it differs from the artificial poetry of the eleventh century to the extent that the poet does not go to mythology as to a storehouse abounding with masks and gorgeous dresses, but in the choice of his images is aiming at actual dramatic situation.
		The refrain of the Thorsdrapa: “angry the brother of Roskva was standing, the father of Magni was victorious, neither the heart of Thialfi nor of Thor was trembling”, is anything but poetical padding; the words indicate a ritual attitude which the officiating persons were bound to assume in order to ensure a happy result.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/gronbech/096.php (2197 words)

	The Aesir & The Elves: Thor and Egil
		The key to understanding the difficult kennings contained in Thorsdrapa, which speaks of Thor's journey to Gerriod's gard, is to separate this tale from the one told by Snorri.
		The two versions cannot be reconciled and though I will not discuss it here, from phrases in the poem, it is apparent that Snorri molded his tale of Thor's journey to the giant Gerriod from kennings found in the poem that he himself misunderstood.
		Thus the Elves are the gods' first picket-guard against the forces of cold, and work in close association with them defending Midgard against their attacks.
	www.boudicca.de /wpb-001.htm (2569 words)

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		Hymirskvida 5 tells us that Hymir lives east of the Elivagar, (Icy-waves), "austan elivaga" and in strophe 17, he and Thor "à; vàg roa," row out on the waves, which confirms that Hymir's home is located near a body of water.
		And in Thorsdrapa we find Idi, Gang, and Rognir, all named in close proximity and in association with a group of men in Thor's retinue.
		In a difficult kenning occuring in Thorsdrapa, the giantess Greip
	www.aetaustralia.org /articles/arwraesirelves.htm (10737 words)

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		We know of one famous instance in which Thor and Thjalfi faced giant women, Snorri tells us that on the way to Geirrod's abode, Thor fought the giant's daughters Greip and Gjalp.
		Thorsdrapa tells us that Thor proceded with a whole host of warriors drawn from Egil's chalet (the home of Elves) on the shores of the Elivagar river.
		The poem refers to them as "vik-ings" and speaks of Thjalfi "and his companions." Harbard says that he was "among the host that marched hither." In other words, he marched here to giant-land, in the host led by Thor.
	www.squirrel.com /asatru/nidhad/problem_of_harbard.txt (1396 words)

	Thorsdrapa
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		Snorri Sturluson provides a prose version of the myth told in the Thorsdrapa, probably to help the readers to understand this difficult poem.
		I will summarize the prominent features of this prose version, while adding in italics the differences with the poem, and signalling by "Faulkes" his version and by "EBHO" their version.
	www.nordic-life.org /nmh/thoreng.html (6036 words)

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