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The Theft of Thor's Hammer Analysis
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
"The Theft of Thor's Hammer" is one of only two stories in which Freyja's magical feather dress makes an appearance. Loki borrows it one other time in the story of Thjazi. Most critics agree that t...
Setting
In Norse cosmology, Asgard, the land of the Aesir gods, and Jotunheim, the land of the giants, are separated by a the Iving River, which never freezes over, making it very difficult to cross. Since...
Context
The story of how Thor gets his hammer back comes to us from the poem "Thrymskvitha" in a medieval manuscript collection of Norse mythology called the Poetic Edda. Although the collection first appe...
The Hero's Journey
The Hero's Journey is a framework that scholar Joseph Campbell came up with that many myths and stories follow. Many storytellers and story-readers find it a useful way to look at tale. (That's ac...
Similar Myths Across Cultures
Trivia
"The Theft of Thor's Hammer" is one of only two stories in which Freyja's magical feather dress makes an appearance. Loki borrows it one other time in the story of Thjazi. Most critics agree that t...
