Episode 14 - A Holmgang with Hrungnir

In which we cover Thor's legendary duel with Hrungnir. Unlike your average Norse duel, this one is actually intended to end in death. But the moral of the story is, whether you're nine miles tall or have a heart made of stone, you're just never a match for the awesome power of thunder.  Sources: “Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2010 “Haustlǫng”, transl by Richard North, 2010 “How Thor Lost His Thunder” by Declan Taggart, 2018 “Kormáks saga” transl. by W.G. Collingwood and J. Stefansson, 1901 “Táin Bó Cúailnge” transl. by Joseph Dunn, 1914 “The Earliest Norwegian Laws, Being the Gulathing Law and the Frostathing Law” by Lawrence M. Larson, 2008 “The history of Lapland wherein are shewed the original, manners, habits, marriages, conjurations, etc. of that people” by Johannes Scheffer, 1674 “Thor’s Duel With Hrungnir” by John Lindow, 1996 “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014 “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995 Contact: Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW Music: Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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What makes Norse mythology "norse"? Why does Thor kill giants? What do the myths tell us about Loki's gender identity? The world of popular media is always happy to provide a modernized re-telling of ancient stories with a heavy scoop of creative license, but on "Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide", we'll dive into the original tales directly from the sources and learn together from experts in the field about what these stories really mean and how they would have affected the lives of the ancient people of the pagan north. Contact me any time at waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com!