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Þrymheimr

The mountain home of the giant Þjazi, and later of his daughter Skaði, who returned there to ski and hunt after leaving Njörðr.

Þrymheimr is a giant's hall that ended up on the gods' list. Grímnismál counts it sixth among the divine dwellings: it was the home of Þjazi, "The giant of marvelous might", and "Now Skathi abides, the god's fair bride, In the home that her father had" Grímnismál 11. Snorri says it lies "on certain mountains" Gylfaginning 23. Þjazi carried Iðunn there after stealing her from Asgard Skáldskaparmál 1. After his death his daughter Skaði married Njörðr, and they agreed to live nine nights at Þrymheimr and nine at Nóatún. Njörðr hated it: "To me the wailing of wolves seemed ill, After the song of swans" Gylfaginning 23. Skaði went back for good and hunts there on snowshoes with her bow Gylfaginning 23. Despite the similar name, no source connects the place with the giant Thrym of Þrymskviða.

In the sources

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The sixth is Thrymheim, where Thjazi dwelt, The giant of marvelous might; Now Skathi abides, the god's fair bride, In the home that her father had.
Grímnismál 11 Þrymheimr in Odin's list of divine dwellings.
Skadi would fain dwell in the abode which her father had had, which is on certain mountains, in the place called Thrymheimr
Gylfaginning 23 Snorri places it in the mountains.

Myths with Þrymheimr

Odin as Grímnir between the fires To win a wager with Frigg, Odin visits his foster-son King Geirröðr in disguise and is tortured between two fires for eight nights. Given a drink by the king's young son, he pours out a vision of the gods' halls and the world-tree, then reveals himself, and the king falls on his own sword. Skaði chooses a husband Þjazi's daughter Skaði comes armed to Asgard for vengeance and accepts a settlement instead: a husband chosen by his feet, and a laugh. She picks Njörðr, hoping for Baldr, and the marriage of mountain and sea does not last. The theft of Iðunn and her apples Caught by a giant in eagle's shape, Loki buys his freedom by luring Iðunn and her apples out of Asgard. The gods grow old, and Loki must steal her back as a falcon, with Þjazi beating after him.

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Þjazi A giant who, in the shape of an eagle, forced Loki to lure Iðunn and her apples out of Asgard. The gods burned his wings at their walls and killed him; his eyes became stars. Skaði A giantess who came to Asgard armed to avenge her father Þjazi, accepted a husband instead, and went back to the mountains to hunt on skis when the marriage to Njörðr failed. Njörðr The Vanir god of the sea, winds and wealth, father of Freyr and Freyja. Sent to the Æsir as a hostage after their war, he married the giantess Skaði, an ill-matched union of sea and mountain. Nóatún The seaside home of the god Njörðr, where his giantess wife Skaði could not sleep for the screaming of the gulls. Iðunn The goddess who keeps the apples that keep the gods young. When the giant Þjazi carried her off, the gods began to age, and Loki had to steal her back. Jötunheimr The land of the giants, at the edge of the world beyond rivers and sea, usually to the east of the gods and men. Thor goes there to fight, and gods go there to court and steal.