Teutonic Mythology

Gods and Goddessesof the Northland

IN

THREE VOLUMES

By VIKTOR RYDBERG, Ph.D.,

MEMBER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY; AUTHOR OF "THE LAST ATHENIAN"AND OTHER WORKS.

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE SWEDISH

BY

RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D.,
EX-UNITED STATES MINISTER TO DENMARK; AUTHOR OF "NORSE
MYTHOLOGY," "VIKING TALES," ETC.

HON. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D., Ph.D.,
EDITOR IN CHIEF.
J. W. BUEL, Ph.D.,
MANAGING EDITOR.

VOL. III.

PUBLISHED BY THE
NORRŒNA SOCIETY,
LONDON COPENHAGEN STOCKHOLM BERLIN NEW YORK
1906

OF THE
Viking Edition

There are but six hundred and fifty sets made for the world,of which this is

No. 99

COPYRIGHT,
T. H. SMART,
1905.

THOR'S JOURNEY TO GIERRODSGARD.

(From an etching by Lorenz Frölich.)

Loke, in the guise of a falcon, having been captured byGeirrod, promised if released to bring Thor into the powerof the giant without his hammer, belt or iron gloves. Thor beingpersuaded by the crafty Loke, started upon the journey.When he came to the river Vimer he attempted to ford it,though the stream had become a great torrent. As he reachedthe center the waters rose rapidly until they washed over hisshoulders and he seemed to be in imminent danger of being carriedaway. At this juncture, looking toward the source of theriver, he perceived Gjalp, Geirrod's daughter, who stood astridethe stream and was causing its rapid growth. He thereuponseized a stone and threw it with his usual precision at the offendingwoman, who retreated. But it was with much struggling thatThor reached the bank which, however, he would have hadgreat difficulty in ascending but for his fortune to seize a projectingshrub, by the aid of which he drew himself out of theraging waters.

See page 933.

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