The children of Odin - Germanic Mythology

ODIN THE WANDERER 125
And I shall be with thee as thy bridesmaid! O sweet, sweet
maiden Thor!"
"Loki," said Thor, "thou didst devise all this to mock me. I
in a bridal dress ! I with a bride's veil upon me ! The Dwellers
in Asgard will never cease to laugh at me."
"Yea," said Loki, "but there will never be laughter again
in Asgard unless thou art able to bring back the hammer that
thine unwatchfulness lost."
"True," said Thor unhappily, "and is this, thinkst thou,
Loki, the only way to win back Miohiir from Thrym?"
"It is the only way, O Thor," said the cuiming Loki.
O Thor and Loki set out for Jotunheim and the
dwelling of Thrym. A messenger had gone before
them to tell Thrym that Freya was coming with
her bridesmaid ; that the wedding-feast was to be
prepared and the guests gathered and that Miolnir
was to be at hand so that it might be given over
to the Dwellers in Asgard. Thrjon and his Giant mother
hastened to have everything in readiness.
Thor and Loki came to the Giant's house in the dress of a
bride and a bridesmaid. A veil was over Thor's head hiding
his beard and his fierce eyes. A red-embroidered robe he wore
and at his side hung a girdle of housekeeper's keys. Loki was
veiled, too. The hall of Thrym's great house was swept and
garnished and great tables were laid for the feast. And Thrym's
mother was going from one guest to another, vaunting that her