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It's that time of year grab that rod and reel and come on out to a BBQ. We will be fishing and easy to get to lake in central Wisconsin.

(Be sure to have your licenses it is the official opener of the season)

In the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, the Gods gather for a feast but lack a massive kettle for brewing ale at Ægir-Gymir’s hall. Týr suggests they borrow one from his fierce Jötun father, Hymir, who lives at the edge of the worlds and owns an enormous cauldron “a league in depth.”

Thor and Týr travel to Hymir’s hall. After tests of strength and hospitality (Thor eats two of Hymir’s oxen alone, shatters pillars, and breaks a cup only when advised to strike Hymir’s own head-block), they prepare to fish for more food.

Thor asks for bait. Hymir tells him to take it from the ox herd if he is brave enough. Thor selects the largest black ox, Himinhrjótr, rips off its head, and uses it as bait on his strong line and hook.

They row far out to sea (beyond where Hymir usually fishes for flatfish and even past the danger zone of the Miðgarðsormr). Hymir catches two whales on his line. Thor casts his ox-head bait deep. The world-encircling serpent Jörmungandr (Miðgarðsormr, the “coalfish that bounds all lands,” the “encircler of all beneath the earth”) swallows it. Thor pulls with immense strength, hauling the venom spitting serpent up to the boat’s side in a terrifying struggle.

The sea surges, the boat nearly swamps, and the serpent thrashes wildly. Just as Thor raises Mjöllnir to strike the serpent’s head, the terrified Hymir cuts the line with his knife.

Jörmungandr sinks back into the depths (to return only at Ragnarökr). Thor still lands a blow on the serpent’s head before it escapes, shaking the earth and causing icebergs to resound.

They row back. Thor then carries the giant kettle home on his shoulders (after more feats of strength and slaying pursuing Jötnar with Mjöllnir), delivering it to the gods so they can brew ale “every harvest-tide” in Ægir’s hall.

This is the classic “Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent” tale, here woven into the quest for the brewing kettle.

It showcases hospitality, Thor’s courage, raw power, and role as protector of the worlds against chaos. So come on out for Mayday Fire and some good food, even some fishing and fun in the sun.