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feat! We are made known of Thors great
capacity to consume things again in vs. 24 of
Thrym’s Poem when Thor is dressed as Freyja
and sitting down at a feast with the Giants
before he is given his hammer back:
They came together there early in the
evening,
and ale was brought for the giants;
he ate one whole ox, eight salmon,
all the dainties meant for the women,
the husband of Sif drank three casks of
mead.
Thrym was astonished by how much his
wife to be just ate, and Thor replied that
Freyja had been so eager to come to Giant
Land that she hadn’t eaten for eight nights.
Thor was the most renowned of the late
Pagan Deities. His strength, bravery and tem-
per kept Asgard safe from the giants and Loki
the trickster under control. Thor was not noted
for his words but for his loyal and legendary
actions, he was and is continually celebrated
by believers in Norse Paganism.
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Davidson, H. R. Ellis. Scandinavian
Mythology. U.S.A.: Paul Hamlyn, 1969.
Larrington, Carolyne. The Poetic Edda.
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