Thrudheim- Norse LocationLocation · Landmark
Also known as: Þrúðheimr, Þrúðvangr, Thrudvangr, and Thrudvangar
Description
The "Strength-Home" where Thor dwells in Ásgarðr, named fourth among the gods' abodes in the Grímnismál. Within it stands Bilskirnir, a hall of five hundred and forty rooms whose name cracks like lightning.
Mythology & Lore
Strength-Home
Odin names the dwelling places of the gods in the Grímnismál, and Þrúðheimr comes fourth: Thor shall dwell there until the gods are torn apart. The name means "Strength-Home." Snorri in the Gylfaginning calls the same territory Þrúðvangr, "Strength-Field," as though the land around the hall matters as much as the hall itself. Both names carry the word þrúð, the same strength that runs through Thor's daughter Þrúðr.
Bilskirnir
Inside Þrúðheimr stands Bilskirnir, which Odin in the Grímnismál calls the greatest of all buildings. It has five hundred and forty rooms. The stanza just before it gives Valhöll five hundred and forty doors, setting the two structures side by side in scale: Odin's hall for the slain, Thor's hall for the living. The name Bilskirnir points to lightning, a crack of light in the sky. Thor lives there with Sif, his children, and his mortal servants Þjálfi and Röskva.
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