Invulnerability myths and legends

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Odin's Advice to Jörmunrekk

🪓 Norse MythologyKyiv, UkraineOdin • Jörmunrekk • Hamdir

Following the brutal execution of their sister Svanhild by the Gothic King Jörmunrekk, the brothers Hamdir and Sorli set out on a journey of vengeance protected by magical armor. During their assault on the King's hall, they find themselves invulnerable to steel, forcing a mysterious one-eyed old man—revealed to be Odin—to intervene. Odin advises the King's soldiers to stone the brothers to...