As his fourth labor, the hero Heracles was tasked by King Eurystheus to capture a monstrous, rampaging boar alive from the slopes of Mount Erymanthos. Heracles successfully drove the beast into...
Thor, the god of thunder, travels to the hall of the giant Utgard-Loki, where he is subjected to several impossible trials of strength and skill. The most humiliating of these challenges involves...
Thor, seeking a massive cauldron for the gods' brewing, stays with the giant Hymir and insists on a fishing trip. Lacking bait, Thor decapitates Hymir's largest ox, Himinhrjót, using its head to...
When the sea god Ægir requires a massive vessel to brew ale for a feast of the gods, Thor and Tyr venture to the realm of the giant Hymir to retrieve a legendary mile-deep cauldron. During the...
After a drunken giant named Hrungnir threatens to destroy Asgard and steal its goddesses, Thor challenges him to a formal duel. The battle involves a massive clay giant, a shattered whetstone,...
Born to Alcmene and fathered by Zeus, the infant Heracles faced the wrath of a jealous Hera before he could even walk. While resting in his nursery in the city of Thebes, the infant hero was...