Þóra Town-Hart

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Þóra Town-Hart or Þóra borgarhjörtr was the daughter of Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland in Norse mythology. Her father gave her a small lindworm that grew until it encircled her bower. Her father promised Þora to the one who could slay the serpent. Ragnar Lodbrok arrived, killed the serpent and married Þora. Together they had the sons Eric and Agnar, who would later die in battle with Eysteinn Beli, Ragnar's earl of Sweden. Before this Þóra would have died of an illness and Ragnar remarried.

The story appears in Krákumál, the Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok's sons, Ragnar Lodbrok's saga, Gesta Danorum and Bósa saga ok Herrauds. According to the last saga, the lindworm was hatched from an egg that Herrauðr had taken in Bjarmland.