Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

Episode 14 - A Holmgang with Hrungnir

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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

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