The Poetic Edda on Mjolnir

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: The stanza describes feasting or drinking involving Mjollnir.

  "37. He stood and cast | from his back the kettle, And Mjollnir, the lover | of murder, he wielded; . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . So all the whales | of the waste he slew."

• attestation: Mjollnir is characterized by power in the verse.

  "57. "Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; Thy shoulder-cliff | shall I cleave from thy neck, And so shall thy life be lost."

Loki spake:"

• attestation: and is associated with the object Mjollnir.

  "59. "Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; I shall hurl thee up | and out in the East, Where men shall see thee no more."

Loki spake:"

• attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Mjollnir.

  "63. "Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; The slayer of Hrungnir | shall send thee to hell, And down to the gate of death."

Loki spake:"

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Mjollnir is Thor's famous hammer

  "Mjollnir: concerning Thor's famous hammer see particularly Thrymskvitha, 1 and note"