Hyrrokin

Hyrrokin
   In Nordic myth a giantess who was called in by Odin to assist in the launching of Hringhorn, the ship of Balder, which was to be used for his funeral pyre. When she succeeded in doing this single-handed, Thor was so furious that he tried to kill her.

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