Giant Master Builder
An early Asgard building bargain: the builder demands Freyja, sun and moon, and Loki contrives to make the bargain fail.
Overview
The Giant Master Builder episode is an early Asgard crisis in chapter 42. The builder offers to complete a citadel against giants in one winter, demanding Freyja, the sun and the moon as payment. Loki advises allowing the stallion’s help and is later forced to make the payment fail; Thor ends the bargain with Mjolnir.
Key facts
Demands Freyja, sun and moon
Chapter 42 says the builder demands Freyja, the sun and the moon as payment.
Thor ends the bargain
The same chapter says Thor raises Mjolnir and pays the builder not with the sun and moon.
Relationships
- Freyjademands Freyja
The builder demands Freyja as payment for the citadel.
- Soldemands the sun
The builder includes the sun in his demanded payment.
- Manidemands the moon
The builder includes the moon in his demanded payment.
- Lokiadvises allowing the stallion
Loki advises allowing the builder to use Svadilfari as help.
- Lokimakes the work miss the term
Loki draws Svadilfari away, preventing the builder from finishing the wall on time.
- Sleipnirleads to Sleipnir
After Loki’s dealings with Svadilfari, the eight-legged horse Sleipnir is born.
- Thorkills the builder
Thor kills the builder, now revealed as a giant, with Mjolnir.
Story appearances
- Oaths, Treasures and Giant AftershocksBroken bargain
The builder turns Asgard’s defence into a crisis over Freyja, sun and moon.
Ancient sources
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