Key Info

- Owner of a brewing-cauldron needed by Thor for his feast celebrating the Aesir gods

- Also joins Thor in fishing for Jörmungandr

Brief Bio

The Hymiskviða recounts how Thor and Týr obtain the cauldron from Hymir. His skull is unusually hard, and Thor breaks a cup by throwing it at Hymir's head.

The Hymiskviða also recounts Thor's fishing for Jörmungandr, the Midgard serpent. Thor goes fishing with Hymir, using the head of Hymir's best ox for bait, and catches Jörmungandr, who then either breaks loose or, as told in the Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, is cut loose by Hymir. The Prose Edda provides the additional detail that while Thor was attempting to pull Jörmungandr in, his feet went through the bottom of the boat.

Hymir is also portrayed in Hymiskviða as a jötunn and the father of the god Týr.