Geirröðr
Norse · numen · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
The one jötunn with a plan that should have worked. He does not fight Thor; he arranges for Thor to arrive without any of the three things that make Thor dangerous, using Loki as the delivery mechanism, and it fails only because a giantess on the road lends Thor a staff, a belt and a pair of gloves. He was not in the registry and neither was the box.
Domains
- captivity
Relations
- captor of: LokiA non-symmetric kind is used deliberately: the relation is a captivity with a ransom attached, not a feud, and it runs one way.Reference treatment of Geirrod capturing Loki in a box and refusing to release him for three months. (secondary)
Sources
- Geirröðr is the jötunn who imprisoned Loki in a box for three months and released him only on condition that he bring Thor to his hall unarmed.: Reference treatment of the Geirröðr episode. (secondary)