Conflict

The conflict in this myth is, obviously, the conflict between us gods and the Jotun stone-mason. The stone-mason wants Freyja, the sun, and the moon in exchange for building a wall around Asgard. This creates some tension between us as we don't want to give him his payment, and he knows we don't want to give it to him. Loki comes in, as usual, and makes it even worse by turning into a mare and leading the stone-mason's horse away into the forest. The Jotun gets really mad when he doesn't quite finish the wall, so his true form is shown. We have even more violence and conflict when Thor comes and smashes the Jotun's head with his hammer.