![]() ![]() However, on the fifteenth day of forging as the brothers neared the end of their work, a spider crawled up Brok's leg as he was working the forge and bit him on the thigh, as revenge for Brok killing one of its kin earlier by squashing it under his boot. Over the next two weeks, the brothers set about forging the Leviathan Axe in an effort to create a rival to Mjolnir. ![]() Sindri however told Brok that they had a duty to restore balance to the realms and asked if his brother was going to join him in fufilling this duty. This caused a rift between the two of them, with Brok openly blaming his brother as having been the one to outdo himself with the creation of the hammer in order to impress the King of the Aesir. However, after seeing Thor using the hammer to cause destruction and devastation over the course of thirty years, Sindri and Brok suffered a profound sense of guilt. They later presented the weapon to Thor, who eagerly accepted it, earning them the respect and fame they had wanted across the Nine Realms. Both Dwarves set about making the hammer, with Sindri notably outdoing himself in an effort to impress Odin. ![]() In order to achieve the fame they desired, Sindri had an idea to forge a weapon for the Aesir Thunder God Thor a lightning hammer. Sindri along with his brother Brok, began as relatively unknown blacksmiths, who were eager to make a name for themselves in the world. In Norse mythology, Eitri (or Sindri) is a dwarf and the brother of Brokkr.Īccording to Skáldskaparmál, when Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skidbladnir and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi, he bet his own head with Brokkr that Eitri would not have been able to make items that matched the craftsmanship of those mentioned above.Įitri began working in his furnace while his brother was working the bellows, but a fly (sometimes thought to be Loki himself) began stinging Brokkr, trying to stop him and spoil the items.Įitri succeeded in making the golden boar Gullinbursti, the golden ring Draupnir, and the hammer Mjölnir that made his brother win the bet, even if its handle was shorter than it should have been. ![]()
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