Tonight, a wager in the dark under the mountains. Loki, having cut the golden hair from Thor's wife while she slept, must replace it, and to do so he sets the finest dwarven smiths against one another. Out of their forge come a ship that folds into a pocket, a spear that never misses, a ring that makes more of itself, and a short handled hammer that will become the most famous object in all the nine worlds. A slow, warm story of craft and mischief. Drift off beside the forge.

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome

1:55 Chapter 1. Thor, the God of the Hammer

11:34 Chapter 2. Sif and the Golden Hair

20:58 Chapter 3. Loki, the Trickster

31:38 Chapter 4. The Cutting

41:13 Chapter 5. Down to Svartalfheim

50:15 Chapter 6. The Sons of Ivaldi

59:44 Chapter 7. The Wager (Loki Bets His Head)

1:09:15 Chapter 8. The Fly at the Bellows

1:21:05 Chapter 9. Gullinbursti and Draupnir

1:29:53 Chapter 10. The Making of Mjǫllnir

1:41:14 Chapter 11. The Judgment of the Gods

1:48:16 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Hammer at Rest

2:01:36 Music to sleep by

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New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday.

Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson, retold in an original written narrative.

This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.