. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . How Thor fought the Giant imbedded in it, and made the stronggod so much trouble that when hehad reached Thrudvang, or thunder-world, he sent for the sorceressGroa, the wife of the wise Orvandel,that she might remove the unwieldystone. Groa came with all her wis-dom and began weaving magic spellsabout Thor, and singing strangeincantations to the most weird andmysterious airs in the world, untilthe flint-stone became entirely he felt the stone graduallyloo
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . How Thor fought the Giant imbedded in it, and made the stronggod so much trouble that when hehad reached Thrudvang, or thunder-world, he sent for the sorceressGroa, the wife of the wise Orvandel,that she might remove the unwieldystone. Groa came with all her wis-dom and began weaving magic spellsabout Thor, and singing strangeincantations to the most weird andmysterious airs in the world, untilthe flint-stone became entirely he felt the stone graduallyloosened, and knew that Groa couldtake it out in a moment, Thor wasso glad that he tried to think howhe might reward her in some wayfor the good service she had donehim ; and as even a god cannot giveanything greater than happiness, hebethought himself of something whichwould make her very happy. So he i53 g. I1 & - Vim ^^fc. Norse Stories began to speak of Orvandel, whohad long been absent from her, andwhom she greatly loved. He toldher that he had entered Jotunheim|from the north, wading the deep/ rivers, and had secreted Orvandel ina basket, and so borne him out ofthe giants country, and that as theyjourneyed along in the bitter weatherone of Orvandels toes protrudedfrom the basket and was frozen, andhe, Thor, broke it off and threw iinto the shining sky, where it hadbecome the star called OrvandelsToe ; and then he added thaOrvandel would shortly come to hishome again. When Groa heard this news of i her husband she was filled with such1joy that all her magical songs anwonderful incantations went straighout of her head and she could not » *j» :. V/ ^ m How Thor fought the Giant get them back again, and the stoneremains in Thors head to this this is the reason why noone must ever throw a flint-stoneacross the floor, because when thishappens the stone in Thors headmoves, and
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