Creature
Utgarda-Loki
Utgarda-Loki has Loki, Thialfi and Thor take separate contests.
Overview
Utgarda-Loki arranges Thor’s party’s tests in chapters 46-47 and finally reveals that none was what it seemed: fire, thought, the sea, Jormungandr and old age had all been wrapped into contest opponents.
Key facts
Sets the tests
Utgarda-Loki has Loki, Thialfi and Thor take separate contests.
Reveals the illusions
Chapter 47 has him reveal the truth of each test.
Relationships
- Utgarda-Loki's Testsstages tests
Utgarda-Loki stages a sequence of contests.
Story appearances
- Thor and the Giant-World TestsUtgarda-Loki
Utgarda-Loki has Loki, Thialfi and Thor take separate contests.
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