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Description: Thorkild hos Udgaardsloke. The giant Utgarthilocus, chained in the cave. The scene is described in Gesta Danorum in the following way: "He crossed this, and approached a cavern which sloped somewhat more steeply. Again, after this, a foul and gloomy room was disclosed to the visitors, wherein they saw Utgarda-Loki, laden hand and foot with enormous chains. Each of his reeking hairs was as large and stiff as a spear of cornel. Thorkill (his companions lending a hand), in order that his deeds might gain more credit, plucked one of these from the chin of Utgarda-Loki, who suffered it. Straightway such a noisome smell reached the bystanders, that they could not breathe without stopping their noses with their mantles." Elton's translation
Title: Thorkild hos Udgaardsloke
Credit: Scanned from Frederik Winkel Horn's 1898 edition of Saxo Grammaticus - Danmarks Krønike, page 347.
Author: Louis Moe (1857-1945)
Permission: The image is in the public domain in the United States because the book was published before 1923. Under current law it will enter the public domain in Denmark in 2016.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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