Annie Klingensmith

“ Utgard sent the cup-bearer to bring his great drinking-horn.
When Thor took the horn in his hand, Utgard said: "Most of the men here empty it at one draught. Some empty it at two draughts. But no one ever takes three." ”

“ If I had not held a mountain between your hammer and my head, you would have killed me. There is the mountain. The three caves you see were made by the three blows of your hammer.
"One end of the drinking-horn stood in the sea. When you come to the shore you will see how much water is gone.
"What you took for a cat was the great Midgard Serpent which encircles the earth and holds its tail in its mouth. The nurse was old age. No one can resist her."
Hearing this, Thor raised his hammer to strike. But Utgard and the palace vanished and left only a grassy plain. ”

“ Thor became angry. He put the horn to his lips and drank until his head swam, and his ears rang, and fire floated before his eyes.
But the horn was not nearly empty, and he would not try again.
Then Utgard said: "Will you try something else?" Thor replied that he would. Utgard said: "We have a little game here that the younger children play. The young men think nothing of lifting my cat. ”