To the surprise of his companion gods, the hammer-wielding Norse god failed to complete the task. Upon hearing the king’s demands, Thor chuckled as he believed that a simple house cat was no match for his enormous strength. The King’s first task for Thor was to lift the king’s pet cat from the ground. Once in the castle, Útgarða-Loki, the king of the castle, demanded that Thor and his entourage carry out a number of tests in order to receive the giants’ hospitality and respect. Unable to open the gates of the castle, the gods decided to squeeze through the bars of the gates. The gods came across a huge castle with gates so mighty that the combined force of the gods could not force the gates opened. In one of the story, Thor and his fellow Aesir gods take a trip to the land of the Jötnar (i.e. This is evident in the number times that those two strong characters fought against each other. Jörmungandr and the Norse god of thunder Thor simply never saw eye to eye in Norse mythology. Read More: 10 Major Myths about Odin, the Allfather God in Norse Mythology Jörmungandr and Thor The beast grew so enormous that his body reached a span that allowed him to encircle Midgard once. To the utter shock of Odin and his fellow gods, Jörmungandr used the ocean’s content to grow even bigger. Extremely fearful of the might and power Jörmungandr possessed, the gods hoped that the waves and storms out in the ocean would kill the creature. Fenrir, the mighty wolf, was raised by the Aesir gods in Asgard.Īs for Jörmungandr, Odin and his Aesir gods threw him into the ocean that surrounds Midgard (i.e. Odin then proceeded to make Loki’s daughter Hel the queen of a region known as Helheim, also known as the underworld.
In the Prose Edda, a 13 th century compilation of Norse myths and stories, Odin, chief of the gods, took the three children from Loki and Angrboða. Jörmungandr, Hel and Fenrir – were decided at the time of their births.
His two other great siblings are Hel and Fenrir.Īccording to the myths, the fates of all three children of Loki – i.e.
Jörmungandr is believed to be one of the three main children of the trickster god Loki and the giantess Angrboða. | Image: The children of Loki (1920) by Hungarian illustrator Willy Pogany Jörmungandr’s siblings – Fenrir (the giant Wolf) Hel (the ruler of underworld/dead) Sleipnir (the eight-legged horse).
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