Creature
Hugi
Thialfi races Hugi in Utgarda-Loki’s hall.
Overview
Hugi repeatedly beats Thialfi in the race and is finally revealed as thought. Thialfi’s speed is therefore not beaten by an ordinary opponent, but measured against the unreachable speed of thought.
Key facts
Race
Thialfi races Hugi in Utgarda-Loki’s hall.
Revealed as thought
Chapter 47 says Hugi was Utgarda-Loki’s thought.
Relationships
- Thialfiraces
Thialfi races Hugi, later revealed as thought.
Story appearances
- Thor and the Giant-World TestsHugi
Thialfi races Hugi in Utgarda-Loki’s hall.
Ancient sources
MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.
- Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning chapter 46, Loki, Thialfi and Thor take the eating, running, drinking, cat-lifting and wrestling tests
- Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning chapter 47, Utgarda-Loki reveals Logi as fire, Hugi as thought, the horn as the sea, the cat as Jormungandr and Elli as old age