. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . / How Thor found his Hammer placed in the brides lap, and every-body looked to see the marriageceremony; but the wedding wasmore strange and terrible than thebridal journey had been. No soonerdid the brides fingers close roundthe handle of Mjolner than the veilwhich covered her face was torn offand there stood Thor, the giant-queller, his terrible eyes blazing withwrath. The giants shuddered andshrank away from those flaming eyes,the sight of which they dreaded more
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . / How Thor found his Hammer placed in the brides lap, and every-body looked to see the marriageceremony; but the wedding wasmore strange and terrible than thebridal journey had been. No soonerdid the brides fingers close roundthe handle of Mjolner than the veilwhich covered her face was torn offand there stood Thor, the giant-queller, his terrible eyes blazing withwrath. The giants shuddered andshrank away from those flaming eyes,the sight of which they dreaded morethan anything else in all the worlds;but there was no chance of swung the hammer round hishead and the great house rocked onits foundations. There was a vividflash of lightning, an awful crash ofthunder, and the burning roof anwalls buried the whole company inone common .. • Norse Stories Thrym was punished for stealingthe hammer, his wedding guests gotcrushing blows instead of bridal gifts,and Thor and Loke went back toAsgard, where the presence of Mjol-ner made the gods safe once more.
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