The god Þórr goes to fight the World Serpent (Miðgarðsormr), rowing out to sea with the giant Hymir, baiting the serpent with an ox-head on a fishing line, and attempting to strike it with his hammer before it escapes.
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1. Þórr gets ox head as bait
2. Þórr in boat
3. Hymir in boat
4. Þórr and Hymir row out to sea
5. Fishing line has ox head
6. Þórr lets out fishing line
7. Serpent below boat
8. Serpent bites fishing line
9. Fishing line tightens
10. Þórr pulls up serpent
11. Serpent spits poison
12. Þórr and serpent glare at each other
13. Þórr raises hammer
14. Þórr strikes serpent
15. Þórr’s foot through boat hull
16. Hymir cuts fishing line
17. Serpent sinks back into sea
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In Snorra Edda, this story appears directly after the Útgarðaloki episode and is presented as Þórr’s revenge for being tricked.
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(Contributed by Tarrin Wills.)
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Gylfaginning Þórr’s fishing Hymiskviða Húsdrápa Poem about Þórr