Editing Hrungnir (section)

== Theories ==
According to scholar [[John Lindow]], the reaction of cosmological elements (the earth is cracking, the sky burning) during Thor's journey to the battle, as told in ''[[Haustlöng]]'', "suggests the cosmic nature of Thor’s duel with Hrungnir".{{Sfn|Lindow|1996|p=5}} The motivation for the duel, which is not mentioned by 10th-century skald [[Þjóðólfr of Hvinir|Þjóðólfr]] in ''Haustlöng'', could have originally been the abduction of Thor's daughter [[Þrúðr]] by the stone-made giant Hrungnir, as suggested by an earlier kenning by 9th-century skald [[Bragi Boddason|Bragi]]: 'leaf of the soles of the thief of Þrúðr [SHIELD]' (''blað ilja  Þrúðar  þjófs'').{{Sfn|Lindow|1996|p=6}}

[[Georges Dumézil]] argues that the story involves the initiation of [[Þjálfi and Röskva|Þjálfi]] by Thor in the killing of the clay-made monster.{{Sfn|Dumézil|1974|pp=68–71}}