The Theft of Mjolnir, Thor's Hammer

One day, Thor woke up from his bed and found out that there was something wrong in the
cosmos, something that would definitely affect the destiny of all beings. His Mjolnir hammer was
missing. He must have dug up the entirety of Asgard to search for Mjolnir but he could not see any trace
of it. Thor quickly assumed that only Loki dared to think of this prank and off he went to find Loki.
However, when Thor angrily asked Loki about the Mjolnir, Loki insisted he didn't know where Thor put
Mjolnir before, let alone stealing it. Actually, Loki knew who the hammer thief was but he didn't
constantly tell Thor because he got some plans.
After successfully persuading Thor, Loki wanted to help Thor find and retrieve Mjolnir hammer.
They went to see goddess Freya and asked to borrow her magical feather. With Freya's magical feather,
one could be given the wings of the birds and fly anywhere. There came Loki to the land of Jotunheim -
the land of the giant. In Jotunheim, Loki met a giant called Thrym. He told Thrym that Mjolnir was
missing and fast-talked with the giant. The giant then admitted his theft and hiding Mjolnir eight miles
below the earth. When Loki expressed his want to retrieve Mjolnir, Thrym said he wanted Freya as his
bride in exchange for Mjolnir hammer. As Loki could not decide this on his own, he flew back to Asgard
and tell everything to the Aesir gods. Not surprisingly, Freya disagreed to get married to a giant.
The gods once again assembled and discussed the way to bring back Mjolnir. Because Thor used
Mjolnir to defend the stronghold of Asgard and the gods, the loss of Mjolnir hammer meant the loss of
protection for the gods. And Mjolnir was also the symbol of Thor's strength and hardly did he go outside
without Mjolnir. So they must bring it back. Heimdall, the watchman of Asgard, came up with a smart
plan: disguising Thor as Freya the bride to come to Jotunheim. Thor, of course, refused to implement this
plant. Because no matter what, he was a muscular god who wielded a hammer to slay enemies bravely in
the combat. He could not wear a wedding dress and kiss a giant. But there was no other plan better than
Heimdall's plan. And Thor accepted the bride role at last.

Gods and other beings helped change Thor's appearance to resemble the goddess Freya. But it
seemed that the task was very difficult and the process of it was quite awkward, not to say hilarious. He
wore a wedding dress and some jewelry of Freya, one of which was the Brisingamen necklace.
Reluctantly Thor became the beautiful bride Freya and ready to retrieve his hammer.
Loki accompanied Thor to the Jotunheim as a bridesmaid. Thor used his goat-pulled chariot to
travel to Jotunheim. Thrym was waiting for them for days and nights after knowing Freya would become
his bride. The giant prepared the feast hall in advance. Thrym actually got everything that a giant would
ever want. He instructed his beautiful bride and her servants to the feast wedding with his overwhelming
joy.

During the feast, "Freya" impressed Thrym by eating a whole ox, eight salmon, three vessels of
mead, and the entire wedding cake. Loki excused "Freya" eating actions by saying that "Freya" was so
excited for the wedding that she did not eat anything for days. When Thrym wanted to kiss his bride, he
lifted the veil and immediately encountered the red eyes of his bride. Loki again explained that "Freya"
cried in happiness for soon becoming the bride of Thrym.
 So the wedding nearly came to an end. It was time for Thrym to keep his word. He asked his
servants to bring the Mjolnir and put it in the lap of "Freya" for the blessing. Thor suddenly felt his heart
jump the moment he touched Mjolnir hammer again. Without any hesitation, Thor used the Mjolnir to kill
Thrym giant and smash his family.