So it is said in the Valas Prophecy: Then said Ganglere: What other remarkable things are there to be said about the ash? Since then it has been held as a proverb, to get loose out of Lading or to dash out of Drome, whenever anything is extraordinarily hard. Then added Thride: Odin is the highest and oldest of the asas. A very very long time ago, there was a king named Gylfi. Utgard-Loke said this was a good feat, and added that it was to be hoped that he excelled in swiftness if he expected to win in this game, but he would soon have the matter decided. He took the largest ox, which was called Himinbrjot, twisted his head off and brought it down to the sea-strand. Alfather once came there and asked for a drink from the well, but he did not get it before he left one of his eyes as a pledge. Furthermore he said: Nor did it seem less wonderful to me that you lifted up the cat; and, to tell you the truth, all who saw it were frightened when they saw that you raised one of its feet from the ground, for it was not such a cat as you thought. Moon guides the course of the moon, and rules its waxing and waning. Thor held his hammer by the handle, ready to defend himself. Thus it is said in the short Prophecy of the Vala (the Lay of Hyndla): Then said Ganglere: Where did Ymer dwell, and on what did he live? Odin took this misfortune most to heart, since he best comprehended how great a loss and injury the fall of Balder was to the asas. We will tell you all about the different gods and goddesses, as well as the heroes and heroines. Uller is the name of one, who is a son of Sif, and a step-son of Thor. The Swedish people trusted their king and expected him to know answers to all questions. Third laughed so hard he nearly choked to death. Then said Ganglere: It seems to me that I have now asked about something that no one can answer. It is related of him that he once gave a wayfaring woman, as a recompense for her having diverted him, as much land in his realm as she could plough with four oxen in a day and a night. Gylfi was left in an empty room. Sections One and Two of the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturlusson as translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, Published by Dover Books 2006, this book and this vide. It is so large that all the asas, with their weapons and war-gear, can find room on board it, and as soon as the sails are hoisted it has fair wind, no matter whither it is going.
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