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Category: Thor Myths

The Tale of Thor's Wedding

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Categories: Thor Myths, Loki

One morning Thor awoke to discover that Mjolnir had been stolen in the night by the giants, and he was enraged. With the help of Freya, Loki shapeshifted into a bird and flew to Jotunheim, the home of the giants. There, their king, Thrym told Loki that he had stolen the hammer, and buried it 8 miles under the earth, and the only way for Thor to get his beloved hammer back was for Freya to marry Thrym.

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