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The Pyre's Wolf-Riding Giantess

Who pushed Baldur's funeral ship into the sea?

 

When Odin and Frigg's beloved son died, his ship was to be his pyre. It got stuck, however, and stayed so until a giantess named Hyrrokkin ("Withered by Fire") came in riding a wolf and using poisonous snakes for reins. She gave it a massive push and freed it from the sand.

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