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…So, Loki tricks Thor into Jottunheim,
weaponless, by promising him some truck
with Geirrod’s ‘daughters’.
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By way of a sweetener the two gods
stop off at Grid’s en route.
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But Grid warns Thor
about Geirrod’s nature and loans
him her belt of strength, her iron gloves,
and her indestructible staff.
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When halfway across the river Vimur,
the flow rises to a torrent
and Thor sees the giantess, Gjalp,
sitting astride the water up river.
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Thor hurls a rock at the giantess
to stem her flow
and Gjalp falls into the water
with a howl.
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