![]() Much to their chagrin, however, only with the help of his stallion Sva ð ilfari, who appears to have been a magic horse, it seemed that he might actually attain his objective. The Æ sir made a deal with this unknown dude, to give him the goddess Freyja and the sun and the moon if he could finish building in three seasons with the help of no man, which they didn't believe that he could. The city wall of Ásgar ð, on the other hand, at least according to Snorri Sturluson, was actually constructed by a Giant (who approached the gods in disguise ). Some time before this, Poseidon's giant sons Otus and Ephialtes had also threatened some terrible violence against the town of the gods but they likewise were felled. Mt Olympus was attacked by Typhoeus and tens of other Gigantes but with the help of the hero Heracles (Hercules) the gods defeated them, killing most in the process. ![]() ![]() The most interesting similarity I can think of is that either one at least once came under the physical threat of the Giants. The most striking difference I can think of is that Ásgar ð was the immediate destination of mortals who were slain in battle, who appeared as the Einherjar, "Lone Fighters," in Óð inn's great "Hall of the Slain," the mansion Valhalla, whereas on Mt Olympos the only mortals who ever dwelt there did so because they had been admitted into the community of the gods as deities themselves. ![]()
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