The children of Odin - Germanic Mythology

i64 CHILDREN OF ODpj
did nothing but laugh and chuckle to each other for days. And
all this time they left Loki in the closed box to waste with hunger.
When they opened the box again Loki spoke to them. He told
them he would do any injury to the Dwellers in Asgard that would
please them if they would let him go.
"Will you bring Thor to us?" said Greip.
"Will you bring Thor to us without his hammer, and without
the gloves with which he grasps his hammer, and without his
belt?" said Gialp.
"1 will bring him to you if you will let me go," Loki said.
"Thor is easily deceived and I can bring him to you without his
hammer and his belt and his gloves."
"We will let you go, Loki," said the Giant, "if you will swear
by the gloom of Jotunheim that you will bring Thor to us as you
say."
Loki swore that he would do so by the gloom of Jotimheim —
"Yea, and by the fires of Muspelheim," he added. The Giant
and his daughters let him go, and he flew back to Asgard.
E restored to Frigga her falcon dress. All blamed
him for having stolen it, but when he told how
he had been shut up without food in Gerriod's
dwelling those who judged him thought he had
been punished enough for the theft. He spoke as
before to the Dwellers in Asgard, and the rage
and hatred he had against them since he had eaten Giilveig's
heart he kept from bursting forth.
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