How Thor Got His Hammer Back
Classical Stories · No. 27 — The thunder god goes to a wedding — as the bride.
- Classical Stories
- 38 min
- Ages 8–13
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
Thor wakes and reaches for Mjölnir, and Mjölnir is not there. Without the hammer, Asgard is one giant-raid away from ruin — and the giant Thrym, delighted with himself, announces he has buried it eight leagues deep, price of return: Freyja as his bride. Freyja's refusal cracks her famous necklace and rattles the rafters. It is watchful Heimdall who proposes the unthinkable plan, and Loki who enjoys it far, far too much: if Thrym wants a bride in a veil, a bride in a veil he shall have — six feet of thunder god, seething, with lightning where her eyes should be.
Why it's worth a listen
The funniest poem the Vikings ever wrote: Thor's hammer is stolen, the ransom is the goddess Freyja's hand in marriage, and she refuses so furiously that the halls of the gods shake. So the mightiest god in Asgard puts on a bridal veil. A giant's wedding feast, a bride who eats an entire ox, and the best-timed unveiling in world mythology — comedy, Viking-style.
A question to keep
When strength alone cannot fix it, how far will pride let you bend?
Chapters
- The Empty Hand
- The Falcon’s Flight
- The Necklace and the Veil
- The Bride Rides Out
- The Feast of the Hungry Bride
- The Hallowing of the Bride
- A Question to Keep