Hrungnir
Basic account
Stone-hearted giant who dueled Thor and left a whetstone in his head.
Account
Hrungnir is the strongest of the giants, with a head and heart of stone and a shield and hone-stone for weapons. He is killed in the only formal duel Thor ever fights.
Motifs
- War against the gods
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What is disputed
Haustlöng survives only in quotation and its text is difficult, so the extent to which Snorri elaborated is hard to judge.
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Sources
- Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál 17
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