The Jotun Giantess Hyrrokkin ("Smoke from a Fire" or "Fire -Smoked") was one of the strongest and greatest of her clan. Her renowned strength was famous even among the gods of Asgard.
The gods of Asgard called upon Hyrrokkin to assist them in a god's ritual funeral that could not proceed without the giantess' assistance.
The funeral was for the most beloved of the gods, Baldr, and his wife. The funeral required that the bodies be born upon Bald's massive boat Hringhorni.
But none of the gods were able to move the huge vessel, so they called upon Hyrrokkin to use her massive strength to move this heaviest and largest of all boats.
Hyrrokkin arrived riding her massive wolf using huge venomous serpents as her reins.
She effortlessly moved the vessel and uprooted a huge oak tree for use in the funeral pyre. She then partook of the mourning and other funeral preparations to honor the fallen gods.
The pulling of the oak tree into Asgard, and the massive furrows it created, was seen as a connection between the realm of the Jotun and the gods. Hyrrokkin's actions were further interpreted as a symbolic connection between the realms of life and death followed by the purification of fire and the hope of an afterlife.
Hyrrokkin is a plastic piece I painted in January.
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