![]() ![]() With Sif, Thor fathered the goddess (and possible valkyrie) Þrúðr with Járnsaxa, he fathered Magni with a mother whose name is not recorded, he fathered Móði, and he is the stepfather of the god Ullr. In these sources, Thor bears at least fifteen names, is the husband of the golden-haired goddess Sif, is the lover of the jötunn Járnsaxa, and is generally described as fierce eyed, with red hair and red beard. ![]() Norse mythology, largely recorded in Iceland from traditional material stemming from Scandinavia, provides numerous tales featuring the god. Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman occupation of regions of Germania, to the Germanic expansions of the Migration Period, to his high popularity during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his hammer, Mjölnir, were worn and Norse pagan personal names containing the name of the god bear witness to his popularity.ĭue to the nature of the Germanic corpus, narratives featuring Thor are only attested in Old Norse, where Thor appears throughout Norse mythology. ![]() Besides Old Norse Þórr, the deity occurs in Old English as Þunor, in Old Frisian as Thuner, in Old Saxon as Thunar, and in Old High German as Donar, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym * Þun(a)raz, meaning 'Thunder'. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of mankind, hallowing, and fertility. Thor ( / θ ɔːr/ from Old Norse: Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. Thor's Fight with the Giants ( Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872). ![]()
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