Logi and Loki met at the middle of the table. He ate hard, he ate single-mindedly, he ate as if he had only one goal in life: to eat all he could as fast as he could. When he clapped his hands again, Loki began to eat, starting at the far end of the trough and working his way inward. Utgardaloki clapped his hands, and a long wooden trough was brought in, with all manner of roasted animals in it: geese and oxen and sheep, goats and rabbits and deer. Loki shrugged, as if it were all the same to him. Would you like an eating competition with him?” “I can eat faster than anybody,” said Loki, without boasting. Can any of you do anything special? What about you, little relative? What can you do that’s unique?”
Anyone here who is, in craft or cunning, beyond everyone else in the world is welcome. “The finest place in the world, for those who are remarkable. “Welcome, all of you, to Utgard,” said Utgardaloki. You must be the famous Thor of the Aesir, which means you must be Loki, Laufey’s son. He looked at the travelers, and he raised an eyebrow. The king had a narrow, intelligent face and flame-red hair. They crossed the hall, and then they bowed deeply. They could see the king of the giants, sitting on the highest chair, at the end of the hall. Thialfi was terrified, but he walked beside Thor, and Loki walked behind them. There were benches as high as treetops, with giants sitting on them. The travelers walked through the courtyard and into the great hall. They ducked and climbed under the bars of the gate. “Shall we go in?” he asked Loki and Thialfi. Thor shouted, but no one responded to his calls. It had metal bars covering it, of a size that would have kept any unwanted giants at a respectable distance. The gate was higher than most cathedrals.
They could hear what sounded like a party going on inside.
They strode up to the fortress gate, seeing no one. Loki seemed almost serious as he said, “It is. As the days passed they realized how big it was and just how far away. They traveled east through Jotunheim, always traveling toward the sunrise, for some days.Īt first they thought they were looking at a normal-sized fortress and that it was relatively close to them they walked toward it, hurrying their pace, but it did not grow or change or seem closer.
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