Hringhorni
Sign in to saveright|thumb|300px|Thor Kicks Litr onto Baldr's Burning Ship, illustration by Emil Doepler (ca. 1905). In Norse mythology, Hringhorni (Old Norse "ship with a circle on the stem") is the name of the ship of the god Baldr, described as the "greatest of all ships".
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right|thumb|300px|Thor Kicks Litr onto Baldr's Burning Ship, illustration by Emil Doepler (ca. 1905). In Norse mythology, Hringhorni (Old Norse "ship with a circle on the stem") is the name of the ship of the god Baldr, described as the "greatest of all ships".
==Mythology== According to Gylfaginning, following the murder of Baldr by Loki, the other gods brought his body down to the sea and laid him to rest on the ship. They would have launched it out into the water and kindled a funeral pyre for Baldr but were unable to move the great vessel without the help of the giantess Hyrrokkin, who was sent for out of Jötunheim. She then flung the ship so violently down the rollers at the first push that flames appeared and the earth trembled, much to the annoyance of Thor.