page_title: Hymir
hierarchical_section_title: Hymir
caption_attribution_description: English: Hymir, Thor and Jörmungandr. An illustration from Nils Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda. Reprinted with Erik Brate's 1913 translation which in turn is published by Project Runeberg at http://runeberg.org/eddan/ from where the image is taken. All works republished by Project Runeberg are in the public domain.
context_page_description: Hymir is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the owner of a brewing-cauldron fetched by the thunder-god Thor for Ægir, who wants to hold a feast for the Æsir. In Hymiskviða, he is portrayed as the father of Týr.
context_section_description: Hymir is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the owner of a brewing-cauldron fetched by the thunder-god Thor for Ægir, who wants to hold a feast for the Æsir (gods). In Hymiskviða, he is portrayed as the father of Týr (in other sources, Odin is Tyr's father and Hymir his maternal-grandfather -- but all agree that Tyr and Hymir are related).
caption: Hymir, Thor and Jörmungandr. An illustration from Nils Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda.
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