Thor only discovered it was missing later, and he approached the other gods for help. Thor was well-known for his power over the giants, and so when Thrymr saw an opportunity, he stole the mighty hammer, Mjölnir. Thrymr was the king of the jötnar, the troll-giants who were both friends and enemies to the gods. Loki presented the hair and the hammer as apology gifts to Sif and Thor and the other treasures to Odin. Thor was the only being powerful enough to handle it, and it could easily crush the skulls of his enemies. One of these was the all-powerful hammer Mjölnir. To get back on Thor’s good side, Loki then also tricked some other dwarves into creating more treasures for him. Thor’s fury was great, and Loki responded to the threat by going to the master dwarf craftsmen to get a new head of golden hair for Sif in recompense. In one story, Loki had cut off all the beautiful golden hair of Thor’s wife, Sif.
While Thor experienced the passive anger of this, there was also an active contention between him and Loki. However, Loki was still a mischief god, and while he was technically one of the Æsir, he found it hard to remain on their good side! They eventually turned against him after his love of chaos made him responsible for the death of Odin and Frigg’s son, Thor’s half-brother Baldr.
#THOR ENEMIES MOVIE#
Unlike in the popular comic and movie franchise, Loki was not Thor’s brother – adopted or not! – but instead a contemporary of Odin or even older. However, after nine steps, the venom of Jörmungandr would become too much for even the strongest of the gods, and Thor would succumb to it, falling where he stood and dying. Thor would be victorious in his battle with the World Serpent on the fields of Vígríðr, where the final confrontation would take place. Thor was fated to face Jörmungandr in battle, which rendered him unable to protect and defend the other gods. After Jörmungandr released his tail, he would spill poison and death upon the world while his brother Fenrir set the world ablaze.
Most of the Æsir, the primary pantheon of gods, were fated to die at Ragnarök. This was very important, as the release of his own tail would trigger the beginning of Ragnarök, the end of the present age of the world. Jörmungandr was an ouroboros – an unending serpent who circled with his own tail in his mouth. He was one of the three monstrous children of Loki, along with Hel and Fenrir. Jörmungandr was a giant serpent that encircled Midgard, the world where humans lived. Jörmungandr (The Midgard or World Serpent) Jörmungandr (The Midgard or World Serpent)Įnemies, Opponents and Rivals of Thor in Norse Mythology 1. Enemies, Opponents and Rivals of Thor in Norse Mythology.
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