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    god Thor. Þjálfi receives a single mention in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, while both Þjálfi and Röskva...
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    to compete with Þjálfi. The first race begins and Þjálfi runs, but Hugi runs to the end of the course and then back again to meet Þjálfi. Útgarða-Loki comments...
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    farmers and shared with them his goat meal, yet one of their children, Þjálfi, broke one of the bones to suck out the marrow, resulting in the lameness...
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  • oceans to Jötunheimr, with Þjálfi hanging onto his waist band. Being a drapa (drápa) the poem is rich in praise of Thor and Þjálfi's valour in making the difficult...
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    them agree to a duel. Thor arrives at the appointment with his servant Þjálfi, and Hrungnir is escorted by Mokkurkálfi ('Mist-calf'), a mighty creature...
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    to throw the bones of the goats on to the goatskins. The peasant's son Þjálfi takes one of the goat ham-bones and uses a knife to split it open, breaking...
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    break the bones. Afterward, at the suggestion of Loki, the peasant child Þjálfi sucks the bone marrow from one of the goat bones, and when Thor goes to...
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  • Loki visit Midgard, the world of humans, and take on farmer's children Þjálfi and Röskva as their servants. At their return to Valhalla, they find that...
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    bort hafa sum þair ufan iorþar áttu. Translation in Icelandic: Son hann Þjálfi átti sem hét Hafði. Og kona Hafða hét Hvítastjarna. þau tvö byggðu fyrst...
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  • Following the events of The Wall, Þjálfi and Röskva are on their way home to Midgard. Röskva is furious because of Þjálfi's rite of passage in the previous...
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    women battered it, threatened him with iron clubs and chased his servant, Þjálfi: These "women" are personified waves and/or jötnar. The island is also a...
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    in a wrestling match. In Gylfaginning, Thor and his companions Loki and Þjálfi are in the hall of the jötunn Útgarða-Loki where they meet difficult challenges...
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    Odin, he has numerous brothers, including Baldr. Thor has two servants, Þjálfi and Röskva, rides in a cart or chariot pulled by two goats, Tanngrisnir...
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  • that his foot lay over Thor's neck. Thjálfi struck at Mökkurkálfi, and he fell with little glory. Thereupon Thjálfi went over to Thor and would have lifted...
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    Odin, Heimdallr and Þalfa, a figure whose name closely resembles that of Þjálfi, one of Thor's servants. The religion of the writer is debated, with the...
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  • American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is adapted from Þjálfi, a character in Norse mythology by Dan Jurgens. Thialfi began his life as...
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    have viewed wilderness. Later in Gylfaginning, Thor journeys with Loki, Thjálfi and Röskva to jötunheimar which is located to the east and over the deep...
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  • The Thralls drew on two aspects of Thor's folklore, his human servants Þjálfi and Röskva, and his goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr which would resurrect...
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    the Assembly's retinue in the west," and the Landeryd Runestone mentions Þjalfi, "who was with Knútr". Some Swedish Vikings wanted nothing else but to travel...
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  • abandons her for this after he is freed. Thialfi; based on mythological figure Þjálfi, was one of Thor's advisors during the time known as The Reigning. Thialfi...
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  • power belt and hammer. On their way to Geirrödargardar, Thor and Loki (or Thjálfi in Thórsdrápa) stop at the home of the giantess Gríðr. She warns Thor about...
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    is accompanied by Thjálfi, who tells Hrungnir that Thor is planning on attacking from underground. Hrungnir unwisely heeds Thjálfi's warning and stands...
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  • offering them lodgings (v. 11-12). The farmer has two children, Þjálfi and Röskva (v. 13). Þjálfi and Thor go into the hall to talk while Loki slaughters the...
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  • athletics club from Oslo, founded on 27 December 1890. It is named after Þjálfi in Norse mythology. It is one of the most prominent athletics clubs in Norway...
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  • {} eʀ {} vaʀ {} með {} Knuti. {} "Væringr raised the stone in memory of Þjalfi , his brother, the valiant man who was with Knútr." This runestone from...
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    closely resemble Þjálfi, the name of a servant boy recorded in the Eddas. Whilst some runestones use similar spellings to write the name Þjálfi, the grammatical...
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    and Þjalfi in memory of their father Þorketill. The Old Norse name Ingimundr means "Tutelage of Youth." Þjalfi means "Digger" or "Delver," and Þjálfi was...
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    relatively little of it and also describes Hrungnir's journey. Thor's servant Þjálfi and Hrungnir's clay-made giant Mokkurkálfi are absent from Þjóðólfr’s version...
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  • Ingvars {} lið. {} Guð hialpi {} and {} Banka/Bagga. {} Æskell {} ræist. "Þjalfi and Holmlaug had all of these stones raised in memory of Banki/Baggi, their...
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  • Sverre, where the Gods are meeting. There he is befriended by the servant Thjalfi, through whose offices he comes under the dubious patronage of the malicious...
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