User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Sword of Summer Official Discussion/@comment-24883778-20151021195439

Okay, in this book Magnus recreated one of the Scandinavian myths - Thor fishing for Jormungand. Now, for the next one, there's a 95% chance that someone (maybe Magnus again) will recreate the myth of Thor retrieving his Mjolnir... by dressing as a woman. In case you don't know this myth, let me tell you a story:

One day, Thor woke up and his hammer was missing. Along with Loki (who had his 'friend of the Aesir' phase), he went to Freya for help. The goddess plucked a feather from her falcon-feather cloak which enabled Thor to turn into a bird and search for Mjolnir from above. Loki, who could change his shape on his own, helped the god of thunder looking and they've discovered that it was the giants who took the hammer.

Loki found the chief of the local giants, Thrym (whose name means "Noisy"). the big ugly buried Mjolnir eight miles below the ground and stated that he won't return it, until Freya marries him (wow, never seen that comind, did ya?). Loki returned to Asgard, to attend the council of the gods. Heimdall, the watchmen of the gods, devised a plan: Thor would disguise as Freya, and go to Jotunheim to retrieve his hammer and exact his revenge. Thor protested, as it would be disnohorable and unmanly for him to do, and he would be mocked for it for the rest of his days. But, of course, after some persuasion from Loki, the god of thunder agreed but only if Loki would go with him as his maid-servant.

As the two reached Thrym's castle, they joined him for dinner. There, Thor's incredible apetite (an entire ox, eight salmon, and some of the lighter meals prepared for the women... not to mention countless barrels of mead) made the host suspicious. Luckily, thanks to Loki's silver tongue, the situation quickly resolved (something like, "Oh, Lady Freya fell for you so badly, she couldn't eat or sleep for a week").

The wedding was about to commence. According to the custom, Thrym ordered to bring Mjolnir in order to hallow his marriage (Don't ask me, apparently that's how they did it? Who knows, maybe Thor was proclaimed the god of marriage?). As soon as Thor got near his hammer, he grabbed the handle and lopped Thrym's head clean off. He and Loki escaped the giant's castle and returned to Asgard (and of course changed into his preferred clothes).

Now, I wonder if in Book Two we will replace Thor and Loki with Magnus and Sam.