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[-''Thor Dressed Up Like A Bride'', Elmer Boyd Smith (1902)-]]]
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** In the stories of Ragnarok, at least one version can be read as Surtr killing Freyr with his own sword during the final battle. Freyr essentially ''ensures his own death'' to get laid.
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Overly sarcastic productions and extra credit say Heimdall was the person who come up with the solution
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident TricksterGod Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Even better, it is never stated in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' that Thor sheds his disguise beforehand, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident TricksterGod Loki Heimdall gets an idea for an answer.how to solve this. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Even better, it is never stated in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' that Thor sheds his disguise beforehand, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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* The clouds are made from Ymir's brains. Talk about a brainstorm.
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** Needless to say, most stories with [[ThoseTwoGuys Thor and Loki]] tend to be pretty funny. Just the idea that Thor, a renowned giant slayer, has a frost giant for a traveling companion and usually never gives it any thought, makes for some fun dissonance.
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* In {{Creator/Neil Gaiman}}'s telling of the story "The Treasure of the Gods", Thor wakes to discover that his wife Sif has had her hair shorn off in her sleep. His first course of action is to assume that Loki is to blame.
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* In {{Creator/Neil Gaiman}}'s telling of the story "The Treasure Treasures of the Gods", Thor wakes to discover that his wife Sif has had her hair shorn off in her sleep. His first course of action is to assume that Loki is to blame.
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** Worth noting, earlier in Gaiman's book is a whole story about how the creation and murder of Kvasir led indirectly to the creation of poetry. Many chapters later, Kvasir is helping search for Loki, with the narrator helpfully mentioning that he had been dead, [[DeathIsCheap but was now alive]], with no further elaboration.
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** Hermod is sent to Hel to petition to have their beloved brother released back to the world of the living, for he is loved by all. Hel gives him her conditions (every thing in creation must be asked if they love Balder, and if any say no, he stays in Hel), and Hermod receives gifts from Hermod and Nanna to present to Odin as proof that he completed his mission. Per Gaiman's book, the [[BrickJoke aforementioned dwarf]] offered nothing but rude ([[NarrativeProfanityFilter unprinted]]) remarks and gestures.
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* In {{Creator/Neil Gaiman}}'s telling of the story "The Treasure of the Gods", Thor wakes to discover that his wife Sif has had her hair shorn off in her sleep. His first course of action is to assume that Loki is to blame.
-->“Because,” said Thor, “when something goes wrong, the first thing I always think is, '[[SitcomArchNemesis it is Loki’s fault]].' [[GenreSavvy It saves a lot of time.]]”
** Thor is generally presented in Gaiman's work as DumbMuscle. Whenever he concludes something ''isn't'' Loki's fault, his next course of action is usually to track down Loki to help him figure it out. Meanwhile, in "The Binding of Loki", Kvasir very patiently walks Thor through the steps of his own SherlockScan, while [[DeadpanSnarker congratulating him for being smart enough to figure it out.]] Thor is left very satisfied with his conclusion, but admittedly unclear of how he came to it.
-->“Because,” said Thor, “when something goes wrong, the first thing I always think is, '[[SitcomArchNemesis it is Loki’s fault]].' [[GenreSavvy It saves a lot of time.]]”
** Thor is generally presented in Gaiman's work as DumbMuscle. Whenever he concludes something ''isn't'' Loki's fault, his next course of action is usually to track down Loki to help him figure it out. Meanwhile, in "The Binding of Loki", Kvasir very patiently walks Thor through the steps of his own SherlockScan, while [[DeadpanSnarker congratulating him for being smart enough to figure it out.]] Thor is left very satisfied with his conclusion, but admittedly unclear of how he came to it.
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* In Swedish folklore, one should never build on old roads because Odin's hunt might have used that road, and they're not going to change direction just because some poor schmuck decided to build his house there.
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More accurate.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident [[TheTrickster Trickster]] Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Even better, it is never stated in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' that Thor sheds his disguise beforehand, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident [[TheTrickster Trickster]] TricksterGod Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Even better, it is never stated in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' that Thor sheds his disguise beforehand, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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** To elaborate, he tied his junk to the goat's beard and then they had a tug of war contest.
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** To elaborate, he [[spoiler:he tied his junk to the goat's beard and then they had a tug of war contest.contest]].
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** And remember, Freyr is the god of fertility, with his most famous feature being. . . er. . . [[GagPenis well, exactly what one would think a fertility god's most famous feature would be.]]
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** It becomes signifiantly less stupid when one realises that ''Literature/GestaDanorum'' pretty much suggests that it was a sword that killed him[[note]]Then again, said sword was literally named "Mistletoe", so...[[/note]]. However, ''Gesta Danorum'' Balder is hilarious because he's basically the Norse god version of '''[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]]'''.
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** It becomes signifiantly less stupid when one realises that ''Literature/GestaDanorum'' pretty much suggests that it was a sword that killed him[[note]]Then again, said sword was literally named "Mistletoe", so...[[/note]]. However, ''Gesta Danorum'' Balder is hilarious because he's basically the Norse god version of '''[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast '''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]]'''.
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** Njord is the god of the sea. Meaning that he most likely spends a lot of time standing kneedeep in water. So yes, he would most likely have pretty nice feet.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident [[TheTrickster Trickster]] Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Nowhere in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' does it mention Thor shedding his disguise, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident [[TheTrickster Trickster]] Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Nowhere Even better, it is never stated in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' does it mention that Thor shedding sheds his disguise, disguise beforehand, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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** Some translations suggest that the builder was asking for Sol and Máni, the god and goddess, not the celestial objects. The builder was looking for a harem.
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** Even better: in at least one version, it was ''Heimdall's'' idea to put Thor in drag, and Loki happily volunteered to be the bridesmaid.
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** Even better: in at least one version, it was is ''Heimdall's'' idea to put Thor in drag, and Loki happily volunteered volunteers to be the bridesmaid.bridesmaid because there is ''no way'' he is missing the show.
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*** There's a theory that Saxo Grammaticus, the author of ''Gesta Danorum'', had never actually seen mistletoe since it doesn't grow in Denmark and just assumed from the name (''misteltān'', which sounded similar enough to ''-teinn'', an epithet used for swords) that it was a magical weapon. Icelandic sagas took this at face value (since mistletoe doesn't grow in Iceland either), and the "sword" is featured in later sagas. Talk about LostInTranslation.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident {{Trickster}} [[TheTrickster Trickster]] Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Nowhere in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' does it mention Thor shedding his disguise, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress.
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Nope! Thor wore a bridal veil to hide the beard. It's explained in the book.
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* ''The Lay of Thrym''. All of it. Mjölnir is stolen by the frost giant Thrym, who demands Freyja's hand in marriage as a ransom. Naturally, the gods turn to resident {{Trickster}} Loki for an answer. His solution? Get [[TheBigGuy Thor]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser to pose as Freyja]]. So, Thor and Loki travel to Jotunheim for the wedding, and it falls to Loki to [[BlatantLies explain the blushing bride's odd behaviour]]. 'Freyja' [[BigEater devours a whole ox]]? She's been so excited about her wedding, she hasn't eaten in a week. Her eyes are [[UnstoppableRage filled with fire]]? It's fine - she hasn't slept in a week either. Thrym demands his men to bring Mjölnir in to bless the bride, but this is too much for Thor and he seizes his hammer... and kills everyone in the room, but by the moral standards of the Aesir it's OK to do that if they're giants. Nowhere in the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' does it mention Thor shedding his disguise, so one must picture a huge, hairy man beating people up in a dress. You've got to wonder how Loki explained the beard...
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** Because he's...[[IncrediblyLamePun horny]].
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* The gods made a wager with an unnamed builder to build them a fortress in a specified period of time, in return for a great treasure, and the hand of Freyja, by some accounts. To get out of paying the treasure, they turn to Loki, who transformed himself into a mare, to lure away the builder's draft-horse. Long story short, Loki found himself pregnant by the draft horse, and later gave birth to Sleipnir, the eight-legged steed that Odin rode across the sky
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* The gods made a wager with an unnamed builder to build them a fortress in a specified period of time, in return for a great treasure, and the hand of Freyja, by some accounts. To get out of paying the treasure, they turn to Loki, who transformed himself into a mare, to lure away the builder's draft-horse. Long story short, Loki found himself pregnant by the draft horse, and later gave birth to Sleipnir, the eight-legged steed that Odin rode across the skysky.
** The reason for the gods' wager is also pretty amusing. They had basically decided the job was too difficult and simply never got around to doing it themselves. Along comes the builder, who then offers to make it for them, with the treasure (in some accounts, the very sun and moon themselves) as his reward if he manages to get it done on schedule. The gods basically thought he was lying and agree to the bet thinking he'd never get it done on time. Then, thanks to the help of his steed, the builder looks like he might actually pull it off, causing the gods to have a massive FreakOut when he's three days away from completing the fortress. Then they blame Loki (since it was his idea to go along with the bet) and threaten to kill him unless he figures out a way to get them out of this mess.
** The reason for the gods' wager is also pretty amusing. They had basically decided the job was too difficult and simply never got around to doing it themselves. Along comes the builder, who then offers to make it for them, with the treasure (in some accounts, the very sun and moon themselves) as his reward if he manages to get it done on schedule. The gods basically thought he was lying and agree to the bet thinking he'd never get it done on time. Then, thanks to the help of his steed, the builder looks like he might actually pull it off, causing the gods to have a massive FreakOut when he's three days away from completing the fortress. Then they blame Loki (since it was his idea to go along with the bet) and threaten to kill him unless he figures out a way to get them out of this mess.
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