Hringhorni, the greatest of all ships, served as Baldur's funeral pyre. The gods launched the vessel with the giantess Hyrrokkin's help, and Baldur's body was burned aboard it.
Odin placed Draupnir, the self-replicating gold ring, on the funeral pyre aboard Hringhorni as a final gift to his dead son Baldur.
The giantess Hyrrokkin was summoned to launch Hringhorni into the sea when the gods could not move the great ship. She pushed it with a single shove so powerful the earth trembled.
Nanna died of grief at Baldur's funeral and her body was placed on the pyre aboard Hringhorni alongside her husband Baldur.
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