Best paraphrased Norse Myth youll read today: Thrymskvither. Thor and Loki get wasted and black out. They wake up to find that the giants have nicked Thors hammer while he was passed out. They hatch a plan to persuade the beautiful Freya to marry the leader of the giants, effectively trading her for the hammer. Freya laughs in their faces and tells them where to go. Shes having none of it. So Of course the only solution is for Thor to dress up as Freya and present himself as the giants prospective bride. The giants are so stupid that theyll never know the difference, right? The scheme actually goes fairly well, right up until the wedding feast when Thor gets a bit carried away and eats a whole roast ox, drinks a whole barrel of mead and generally looks like a ferocious guy in a dress. Theres a brilliant red riding hood style bit in the original text where the giant sidles up so Loki and says er, Freya has just eaten a whole ox... whats up with that? and Loki replies Er... Shes...er... well shes been so very nervous about her marriage to you that she hasnt been able to eat a thing for days! Shes just excited!. Ah, the brides eyes seem to shine with the rage of a thousand suns, Loki... whats that all about? Rage? Oh thats not rage. Thats the love that she feels for you burning wildly in her eyes, it is her passion and joy at the thought of marrying you! and so on. Of course Thor eventually gets his hands on his hammer again, throws off his veil and murders all the giants before laughing all the way home, but all good myths should have a crapload of bloodshed in them, I think. Source: reddit/r/AskReddit/comments/2c8h53/whats_your_favourite_ancient_mythology_story/cjd0f8b
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:51:32 +0000
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