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Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Swedish: Tors strid med jättarna) is an 1872 painting by the Swedish artist Mårten Eskil Winge. It depicts the Norse god Thor in a battle against the jötnar . The thunder god rides his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr , wears his belt Megingjörð , and swings his hammer Mjölnir , which ...
A depiction of Elli wrestling Thor (1919) by Robert Engels. In Norse mythology (a subset of Germanic mythology), Elli (Old Norse: , "old age" [1]) is a personification of old age who, in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, defeats Thor in a wrestling match. [2]
Járnsaxa (/ j ɑːr n ˈ s æ k s ə /; Old Norse: [ˈjɑːrnˌsɑksɑ], ("iron dagger") is a jötunn in Norse mythology. In Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, she is portrayed as Thor's lover and as the mother of Magni, a child with supernatural powers. [1]
The Germanic god Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature. Some of the names come from the Prose Edda list Nafnaþulur , and are not attested elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology.
The god Thor wades through a river, while the Æsir ride across the bridge, Bifröst, in an illustration by Lorenz Frølich (1895). Central to accounts of Norse mythology are the plights of the gods and their interaction with various other beings, such as with the jötnar, who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of the gods ...
It sure looks like a mythological god might have slammed his hammer down to create this hole in the sea. It certainly has the appropriate name, "Thor's Well." Located in Florence, Oregon near Cape ...
Bilskirnir (Old Norse "lightning-crack" [1]) is the hall of the god Thor in Norse mythology.Here he lives with his wife Sif and their children. According to Grímnismál, the hall is the greatest of buildings and contains 540 rooms, located in Asgard, as are all the dwellings of the gods, in the kingdom of Þrúðheimr (or Þrúðvangar according to Gylfaginning and Ynglinga saga).