Norse Mythology Articles

One day Thor realized that Mölnir was gone. The great hammer Mölnir, which was a gift to him because of the dexterity of Loki and the dwarf Brock. With Mölnir Thor defended Asgard, and most of his strength was in the hammer, and without him he was weak and vulnerable. He searched everywhere and noticed a note in his room from the giant Thrym, who stole the ransom hammer.

Njord, originally from the Vanir, had two children: his son, the god Frey, and his daughter, the goddess Freya, also Vanir. When Njord was sent to the Aesir as a hostage after the great war between the Aesir and the Vanir, the god Frey and the goddess Freya followed him to Asgard. But Frey also felt good in Asgard – the gods treated him well. Frey was a cheerful god of sunlight, fertility, and the summer breeze. Everyone loved Frey except the ice giants, whom he himself could not stand – sun and ice – were not first friends.

High in Trimheim, the giant Skadi was waiting for her father Thiazi to return. In the cold winds of Jotunheim. Skadi wants the most the return of her father. It was she who saw her father descend after Loki, who transformed into a falcon, but was inexperienced in this bird form, and Thiazi more experienced in his eagle form and more powerful than the deity of cunning, it was logical for Thiazi to return soon with the goddess Idunn and the apples of immortality. After all, the hated gods are nothing compared to the power of the giants.

Idunn was the goddess of immortality. In her possession were magic apples, unknown where they came from, but especially edible and wonderful. These apples were the basis of the immortality of the gods – the bodies of the gods are more perfect than those of humans, dwarves and giants, but they were not indestructible. Their longevity and youth were due to the goddess Idunn and her apples.