Thor hurled Mjölnir at the stone-headed giant Hrungnir in their single combat on the border of Jötunheimr, shattering his skull — but not before a shard of Hrungnir's whetstone lodged in Thor's own head.
Gullfaxi, the golden-maned horse, bore Hrungnir in his fateful race against Odin's Sleipnir and carried him through the gates of Ásgarðr.
After Thor slew Hrungnir, the giant's leg pinned him to the ground and none of the Æsir could free him until his young son Magni lifted the leg with ease, earning Thor's praise and the gift of Hrungnir's horse Gullfaxi.
Thor hurled Mjölnir at Hrungnir in their duel, shattering the stone-skulled giant's head. A fragment of Hrungnir's whetstone lodged in Thor's skull, but the hammer struck true.
Odin raced Sleipnir against Hrungnir's horse Gullfaxi, and the giant pursued Odin so recklessly that he crossed the gates of Ásgarðr before he could stop, finding himself surrounded by the Æsir at their feast.
During Thor's duel with Hrungnir, Þjálfi was sent ahead to trick the giant, telling him Thor would attack from underground. Þjálfi also fought and toppled the clay giant Mökkurkálfi that the jötnar built as Hrungnir's second.
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