"Tor was considered to be very dangerous. On Manstad [farm], in the socken of Lerdal, Dalsland, they had a farmhand who was so terribly strong. This farmhand liked to brag. One evening he sat there, bragging and boasting of his own strength to his master. He (the farmhand) assured that he wasn't scared to wrestle¹ with Tor himself. Later [that evening], the farmhand was going to the barn to look after the animals, and when he got outside, he met a guy who wanted to wrestle¹ [him]. And the farmhand agreed. "If you're going to wrestle with me, then you'll have to be strong," the guy said, [because] it was Tor himself. The farmhand was thrown over the roof and [landed] head first in the dung-heap. He had to lie [in bed] for a month after this ordeal, and he never regained his strength. And he wasn't too keen on wrestling anymore, as Tor had made him lose his appetite [for the sport]."
- sägen from Lerdal, Dalsland, as told by Ebbe Schön in Svenska sägner
¹Original uses the word 'livtag', which also means 'hug'. (I'm not gonna hide the gay vibes from y'all.)
