deity
Thor
The named Norse thunder and protector god who wields the hammer. Not thunder as weather alone, and not Zeus as a Greek storm twin under one id.
Also known as Þórr
Norse tradition
Thor appears in Norse tradition.
Hárbarðsljóð, Þrymskviða, Hymiskviða, and Lokasenna in the Poetic Edda name Þórr in boast, hammer-quest, and flyting speech. A named Norse god attested in that verse corpus, not Zeus as a storm twin and not thunder as weather alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Thor appears in Asgard.
Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, and neighboring Poetic Edda god-poems seat Þórr among the Aesir at home before and after journeys. A named presence of Thor in Asgard speech, not Olympus and not Midgard alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Thor appears in Jötunheim.
Hymiskviða and Þrymskviða in the Poetic Edda seat Þórr’s journeys among giant-home roads and halls. A named presence of Thor in Jötunheim speech, not Útgarðr as the Gylfaginning court and not Asgard as home alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Thor appears in Útgarðr.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning takes Thor into Útgarðr for the contests with Útgarða-Loki. A named god appearing in that outer court, not thor→appears_in→jotunheim as the PE wider giant-land seat and not loki as his companion alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Thor appears in Midgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats Thor as the defender who strides Midgard against giants and the Midgard Serpent. A named god appearing in the human enclosure, not midgard→appears_in→norse as the place tradition seat alone and not jormungandr as the serpent alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Mjolnir is sacred to Thor.
Þrymskviða in the Poetic Edda stages the recovery of Mjölnir as Þórr’s own hammer, without which his might is mocked. A dedicated hammer-to-Thor cult/gear claim in that poem, not a carpenter’s hammer and not every thunder-weapon.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Megingjord is sacred to Thor.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning names Megingjörð as the strength-belt Thor girds when he goes to fight. A named belt dedicated to that god’s might, not jarngreipr as the gloves alone and not a bare clothing dump.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Jarngreipr is sacred to Thor.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning names Járngreipr as the iron gloves Thor needs to grip Mjöllnir. A named glove-pair dedicated to that god’s striking, not megingjord as the belt alone and not bare iron kind.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Thunder is sacred to Thor.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats Thor among the thunder of that gods’ household, chariot and hammer sounding across the sky. A named thunder dedicated to that god, not thunder→appears_in→norse as the kind walk alone and not Zeus as a Greek twin.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Lightning is sacred to Thor.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning ties Thor’s striking and sky-fire to the same household weather as his thunder. A named lightning dedicated to that god, not thunder as the sound alone and not a bare electricity dump.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Goat is sacred to Thor.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats Thor’s chariot among goats that pull him and can be slain and revived for food. A named goat dedicated to that god’s travel, not goat→appears_in→norse as the kind walk alone and not Heiðrún as Valhalla’s goat.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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sources
- Poetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.
- Gylfaginning · Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, in the Prose Edda.