Cindry or Sindry (mythology), brother of Brok. Registered in universal history as the first woman to be beaten. History

One day Loki cut the hair of Sif, Thor's wife, without malice. But when the latter discovered it, he took Loki and would have crushed all the bones if he had not sworn to send the Sons of Ivald to make a golden hair for Sif, which would grow like the other hairs. Loki then went to the dwelling of the dwarves and they made the hair, Skidblandner, the ship of Frey and Gungnir, the spear of Odin. Then Loki bet on his head with the dwarf, whose name was Brok, that his brother Sindri would not be able to make three other treasures as good as the ones just named.

The brothers went to the forge. Sindri put a pig's skin in the forge and asked Brok to maneuver the bellows and not stop until he had not removed from the forge what he had placed. Loki, disguised as a fly, rested on Brok's hand and stung him, but he did not stop maneuvering the bellows, and what Sindri removed was a pig with gold silks. Then he put gold in the forge. This time, Loki landed on Brok's neck and it stung him harder, but that did not stop him from maneuvering the bellows, and what the smith retired was the gold ring Draupnir. The third time Sindri put iron in the forge and asked his brother to continue blowing, but everything would be lost. Then the fly settled between Brok's eyes and bit her eyelids. The blood began to fall into his eyes, so that he could not see; then Brok let go of the bellows to frighten the fly. What the smith retired was a hammer. Sindri gave his brother these treasures and asked him to go to Asgard to find the one who had bet. While Loki and Brok each came with their treasures, the Æsir sat on their thrones, and deliberated, and Odin, Frey, and Thor were appointed judges to make the final decision. Then Loki gave Odin the spear that should never lose his mark; Thor gave him Sif's hair; and Frey, gave him the ship, which always had a favorable wind as soon as its sails were unfolded, no matter where his captain went: he could also fold it up like a napkin and put it in his pocket if he wished. After this Brok advanced and gave Odin the ring, saying that every ninth night there would arise from it eight rings of equal value. Frey gave him the pig, telling him that he could run in the air and over the sea day and night, faster than any other horse, and that, no matter how long the night, however dark the other worlds might be, always there would be clarity where the pig was, so bright were his silks. Thor gave him the hammer, saying he could hit an object no matter how big it was; that he would never strike falsely, and that when he threw him he should not fear to lose him, for no matter how far he would fall, he would always return to his master, and according to his desires he would become so small that he could hide him in his bosom; but he had a flaw, his grip was a bit short. According to the decision of the gods, the hammer was the best of all the treasures, especially for the protection it offered against the giants of the cold; so they decided that the dwarf had won the bet and the latter wanted Loki's head.

Loki offered to get her back somehow; but the dwarf would not accept any alternative. "Well, hold me then," said Loki, and at one point he was far away, for he had shoes with which he could run through the air and over the sea. Then the dwarf asked Thor to take it, which was done, but when Brok wanted to cut off his head, Loki said: "The head belongs to you, but not the neck. Then the dwarf took thread and a knife and wanted to pierce Loki's lips to keep them together so he would not cheat any more, but the knife was not sharp enough. "It would be fine if I had the breath of my brother," he said, and immediately the breath was there and it was so sharp that Brok could sew Loki's lips to close. A long time later, Loki was able to remove the threads despite all the pain and continued to deceive the unwary with words. Bibliography

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