Þrymskviða
E365261
Þrymskviða is an Old Norse mythological poem best known for its humorous tale of the giant Þrymr stealing Thor’s hammer and Thor disguising himself as the goddess Freyja to retrieve it.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Þrymskviða canonical | 5 |
| The Lay of Thrym | 1 |
| Thrymskvida | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3458437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Þrymskviða Context triple: [Poetic Edda, contains, Þrymskviða]
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A.
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Old Norse mythological poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts a wisdom contest between the god Odin and the giant Vafþrúðnir.
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B.
Grímnismál
Grímnismál is an Old Norse mythological poem in which Odin, disguised and tortured, reveals extensive cosmological and divine lore.
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C.
Skírnismál
Skírnismál is an Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda that recounts the god Freyr’s wooing of the giantess Gerðr through his servant Skírnir.
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D.
Grettis saga
Grettis saga is a prominent Icelandic saga that recounts the turbulent life, heroic feats, and outlawry of the warrior Grettir Ásmundarson.
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E.
Gylfaginning
Gylfaginning is a central section of the Prose Edda that narrates Norse cosmogony, mythology, and the fate of the gods through a dialogue between King Gylfi and the Æsir.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Þrymskviða Target entity description: Þrymskviða is an Old Norse mythological poem best known for its humorous tale of the giant Þrymr stealing Thor’s hammer and Thor disguising himself as the goddess Freyja to retrieve it.
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A.
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Old Norse mythological poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts a wisdom contest between the god Odin and the giant Vafþrúðnir.
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B.
Grímnismál
Grímnismál is an Old Norse mythological poem in which Odin, disguised and tortured, reveals extensive cosmological and divine lore.
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C.
Skírnismál
Skírnismál is an Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda that recounts the god Freyr’s wooing of the giantess Gerðr through his servant Skírnir.
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D.
Grettis saga
Grettis saga is a prominent Icelandic saga that recounts the turbulent life, heroic feats, and outlawry of the warrior Grettir Ásmundarson.
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E.
Gylfaginning
Gylfaginning is a central section of the Prose Edda that narrates Norse cosmogony, mythology, and the fate of the gods through a dialogue between King Gylfi and the Æsir.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eddic poem
ⓘ
Old Norse poem ⓘ comic poem ⓘ mythological poem ⓘ |
| basedOn | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| culture | medieval Icelandic ⓘ |
| featuresBeing |
jötunn
ⓘ
Þrymr ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Freyja
ⓘ
Loki ⓘ Thor ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
Asgard
ⓘ
Jötunheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Jotunheim
|
| featuresObject |
Mjölnir
ⓘ
linked to:
Mjolnir
|
| genre |
heroic poetry
ⓘ
humorous literature ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
The Lay of Thrym
ⓘ
linked to:
Þrymskviða
|
| language | Old Norse ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Germanic heroic poetry
ⓘ
Norse literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Freyja
ⓘ
Loki ⓘ Thor ⓘ Þrymr ⓘ |
| meter | fornyrðislag ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Thor cycle ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | theft of Thor's hammer Mjölnir ⓘ |
| partOf | Poetic Edda ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
Loki disguises himself as Freyja's maid
ⓘ
Loki investigates the theft of Mjölnir ⓘ Mjölnir is brought out to consecrate the bride ⓘ
linked to:
Mjolnir
Thor disguises himself as Freyja ⓘ Thor loses his hammer Mjölnir ⓘ Thor seizes Mjölnir and kills Þrymr ⓘ Thor travels to Jötunheimr in disguise ⓘ wedding feast in Jötunheimr ⓘ Þrymr demands Freyja as his bride ⓘ Þrymr steals Thor's hammer ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Codex Regius ⓘ |
| setting |
Asgard
ⓘ
Jötunheimr ⓘ
linked to:
Jotunheim
|
| theme |
conflict between gods and giants
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deception ⓘ gender disguise ⓘ recovery of a stolen object ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Þrymskviða Description of subject: Þrymskviða is an Old Norse mythological poem best known for its humorous tale of the giant Þrymr stealing Thor’s hammer and Thor disguising himself as the goddess Freyja to retrieve it.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.