Hymir
Norse · numen · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
The most depicted scene in Viking-age art after the crucifixion is Thor in a boat with a line over the side and a serpent on the end of it, and the man in the other end of the boat — who cuts the line — is Hymir. The registry held the god and the serpent and not the boat's owner. The errand is a domestic one: the gods want to brew beer and need a pot.
Domains
- brewing
- fishing
Relations
- host: ThorHost rather than enemy: Thor comes as a guest, is tested at table and then at sea, and leaves with the cauldron. The Norse material is precise about the difference and so is this edge.Reference treatment of the trials at Hymir's feast and of the contest of strength at sea that followed. (secondary)
Sources
- Hymir is the jötunn whose cauldron Thor came to fetch for the gods' ale, and in whose boat, baiting with an ox-head from Hymir's herd, Thor hooked the world serpent.: Reference treatment of the Hymiskviða and the fishing of Jörmungandr. (secondary)