Þrúðr (Thrudr)

Þrúðr(Thrudr)
Thrud
General Information
Species	Goddess
Relationships
Parents	Þórr and Sif
Siblings	Ullr, Móði and Magni

Þrúðr, often anglicised to Thrud, Thrudr, or Thruthr, was the daughter of Sif and Þórr. She resided in Þrúðheimr, her father's palace.

Attestations

Þrúðr is attested in the following sources:

The valkyries Hildr, Þrúðr and Hlǫkk bearing ale in Valhalla (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.

Poetic Edda

The Poetic Edda poem Alvíssmál, in which a dvergr, Alvíss, claims to be engaged to Þórr's daughter, may be about Þrúðr, but the daughter is not named.

Prose Edda

The Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál (4) tells that Thor can be referred to by the kenning "father of Þrúðr" (faðir Þrúðar). Eysteinn Valdason uses it in his poem about Thor (2). The Skáldskaparmál (21) adds that her mother is Sif.

In Bragi Boddason's Ragnarsdrápa, the Jǫtunn Hrungnir is called "thief of Þrúðr" (Þrúðar þjófr). But there is no direct reference to this myth in any other source. Skáldskaparmál (17), in which Snorri relates the fight between Thor and Hrungnir, mentions a very different cause, and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's Haustlöng only describes the fight without giving the reason for it. This poem depicts two mythological scenes painted on a shield, the first being Iðunn's abduction by the giant Þjazi. Margaret Clunies Ross suggested that the two episodes might be complementary, both dealing with the abduction of a goddess by a giant, its failure and the death of the abductor. Another kenning may allude to this myth: in Eilífr Goðrúnarson's Þórsdrápa (18), Thor is called "he who longs fiercely for Þrúðr" (þrámóðnir Þrúðar).

Karlevi Runestone

Main article: Karlevi Runestone

Þrúðr is mentioned on the 10th-century Karlevi runestone on the island of Öland, Sweden, where a chieftain is referred to as the "tree of Þrúðr".

Family

Æsir genealogy in Norse mythology

Names in Bold are Æsir/Ásynjur

Names in Italics are Vanir

Rindr was a human princess

Ymir                                                 Þrúðgelmir                                         Auðumbla   Bergelmir           Fornjótr                                                           Búri   Bǫlþorn           Ægir   Rán                                               Narfi                                                                                                                               Fjǫrgynn       Borr   Bestla               Nine sisters                                               Naglfari   Nótt                 Dellingr                                                                                                                                                             Annarr                                             Frigg   Óðinn     Vili   Vé   Hǿnir   Heimdallr                                                   Auðr                                                                                                                                                   Jǫrð (Fjǫrgyn)     Dagr                                                                                                       Nepr                                                       Gríðr         Rindr                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Nanna   Baldr   Hǫðr   Hermóðr   Bragi   Iðunn   Víðarr   Váli   Skjǫldr   Gefjon   Unnamed Jǫtunn   Ullr     Sif   Thor   Járnsaxa   Týr                                                                                                                                                                                     Forseti                                                           Skjǫldungar   4 sons               Móði   Þrúðr   Magni

Gallery

Þrúðr, daughter of Þórr

Þrúðr in Record of Ragnarok.

Þrúðr as Lancer/Valkyrie Stage 3 in Fate/Grand Order.

Þrúðr in God of War Ragnarök

Videos

Alvíssmál, from the Poetic Edda, read in Old Norse (with English translation)

See also

• Þrúðvangr, the field of Thor
• Alvíss

References

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