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Thjalfi

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[thyahl-vee] / ˈθyɑl vi /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the fastest of men and the servant of Thor.


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The peasant had a son named Thjalfi, and a daughter, Röska.

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Thor told them to throw the bones into the goatskins, which were spread out near the hearth, but young Thjalfi, in order to get at the marrow, broke one of the shank bones with his knife.

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Thor allowed them to appease him, and contented himself with taking with him Thjalfi and Röska, who became his servants, and have since followed him.

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At length they came to the shore of a wide and deep sea which Thor, with Loki, Thjalfi, and Röska passed over.

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Thjalfi was unexcelled by any man as a runner, and he carried Thor's bag, but in the forest they could find nothing eatable to put in it.

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