Editing Brokkr

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{{short description|Dwarf smith from Norse mythology}}
{{Infobox deity|type=norse
| name = Brokkr
| image = The third gift — an enormous hammer by Elmer Boyd Smith.jpg
| caption = Brokkr and [[Eitri]] forging [[Mjöllnir]], with their other creations on the table in the foreground
| deity_of = [[Norse mythology]]
}}

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Brokkr''' ([[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈbrokːz̠|}}, "the one who works with metal fragments; [[blacksmith]]", [[anglicized]] Brokk) is a [[Norse dwarves|dwarf]], and the brother of [[Eitri]] or [[Sindri (mythology)|Sindri]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Simek |first=Rudolf |author-link=Rudolf Simek |year=2007 |orig-year=1984 |title=Dictionary of Northern Mythology |translator-first=Angela |translator-last=Hall |translator-link=Angela Hall |publisher=[[D. S. Brewer]] |isbn=978-0-85991-513-7 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZ24QgAACAAJ}}</ref>

According to ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'', [[Loki]] had [[Sif]]'s hair, [[Freyr]]'s ship [[Skíðblaðnir]] and [[Odin]]'s spear [[Gungnir]] fashioned by the [[Sons of Ivaldi]]. Loki boasted greatly of all the things that the Sons of Ivaldi could create. He also boasted that the other dwarves could not create anything beautiful or useful. Brokkr, who was in [[Asgard]] at the time, declared that his brother Eitri could make things far more beautiful and useful than the Sons of Ivaldi. Brokkr bet his head with that of Loki that his brother Eitri could make things with better craftsmanship than Skíðblaðnir or Gungnir.

While Eitri used magic in a forge that was extremely hot, Brokkr worked the bellows so that the fire would not cool down nor get too hot for the magic. While making the boar [[Gullinbursti]], a [[horse-fly|gadfly]], often thought to be Loki himself, came and bit Brokkr on the hand. Brokkr was not disturbed though and kept blowing into the fire. While making the golden arm ring [[Draupnir]] the gadfly came again and bit Brokkr, this time in the neck but Brokkr kept on blowing. Finally, while making the hammer [[Mjölnir]] the gadfly bit Brokkr on the eye this time. This temporarily caused Brokkr to stop blowing. That brief stoppage of blowing into the fire caused [[Mjölnir]]'s handle to become shorter than it should have been. Because of this, [[Thor]] had to wear the iron gauntlets [[Járngreipr]] to handle it.

Eitri succeeded in making the golden ring Draupnir, the golden-bristled boar Gullinbursti and the hammer Mjölnir. These objects were judged by the [[Æsir|gods]] to be superior and Brokkr won the bet. However, Loki did not allow him to take his head as doing so would have damaged his neck which was [[Loki's Wager|not included in the bet]]. In lieu of this, Brokkr sewed Loki's lips so that Loki would not brag until the thread came out.

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