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HymiskviaHymiskvia is a somewhat confusing Eddic poem, but its contents are more or less as follows. The sir visit gir and find, since gir apparently has a lot of kettles, that he should be their host from now on. gir has to agree, but on the condition that they bring a kettle large enough for him to warm the mead for all of them at once. That presents a problem, until Tr remembers a particularly large kettle in the possession of his father Hymir (which is odd, as Tr is otherwise said to be the son of inn). So the sir set off. Eventually they find Hymir's place, where rr eats so much that Hymir and his guests have no alternative but to go fishing. The poem then tells the story of how rr almost caught the Migarsormr, which is also recounted in Snorra-Edda. rr shows off his strength, but Hymir taunts him and says that he could hardly be called strong if rr couldn't break Hymir's chalice. The chalice was a magic one and could not be broken unless slung against Hymir's head. rr is eventually told so and proceeds to do it. Hymir is annoyed, of course, but says that they can take the kettle and leave. There follows the obligatory slaying of hordes of giants, whereupon the sir leave with the kettle and booze contentedly at gir's place ever after (or at least until Lokasenna). The poem contains fragments of a number of myths, and it shows. There is little structure to it, and scenes follow each other in a very rough logical order. It is interesting nevertheless. Some of the allusions are not known from other sources and it contains unusually many kennings for an Eddic poem. External links
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