Thor and the Jotun Geirrod Analysis

When Thor gets to Geirrod's place, the giant leads him into the goat house… or does he? Scholars actually disagree about whether the manuscript reads gesta (guest) house or geita (goat) house at...

The myth of Thor and the Jotun Geirrod follows a quest structure. That means that the hero leaves his home, the place where he feels safest and most comfortable, to journey to a scary, foreign plac...

Once upon a time, when Vikings roamed the earth, a bard named Eilífr Goðrúnarson decided to write a drápa, or praise-poem, in honor of Thor. For his story, he chose Thor's encounter with a fros...

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 act...

When Thor gets to Geirrod's place, the giant leads him into the goat house… or does he? Scholars actually disagree about whether the manuscript reads gesta (guest) house or geita (goat) house at...