In Norse mythology, Þrúðvangar (anglicized Thrúdvangar or Thrudvangar) or Þrúðvangr (anglicized Thrúdvang or Thrudvang)[1] , which means "Plain(s) / Field(s) of strength" in Old Norse, is the home of Thor according to Snorri Sturluson, who mentions them both in his Edda (Gylfaginning, 21, 47; Skáldskaparmál, 17) and in the euhemerized account of the Ynglinga saga (5):
- "[Thor] has his realm in the place called Thrúdvangar, and his hall is called Bilskirni."
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- —Gylfaginning (21), Brodeur's translation[2]
But in the Eddic poem Grímnismál (4), Thor's home is called Þrúðheimr.
Notes
- ^ The plural Þrúðvangar is used in three of the four main manuscripts of the Prose Edda, the singular Þrúðvangr in the Codex Upsaliensis and in the Ynglinga saga.
- ^ Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (trans.). 1916. Snorri Sturluson: The Prose Edda. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
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