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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.
18 cze 2020 · Odin Borson is Thor’s father, and the God of Wisdom. Odin is the All-Father, with powers great and varied. His origin is mysterious, but like all Asgardians, he extends his life with the golden life-extending fruits grown only in Asgard by goddess Idunn.
8 gru 2022 · Thor was the son of Odin, the chief of the Aesir deities and highest of all gods. While his mother was variously known as Jord (“earth”), Hlödyn, or Fjörgyn, in all cases she was identified as a giant, making Thor half-jötunn.
Thor (ze staronord. Þórr, grom) – jeden z głównych bogów nordyckich z dynastii Azów (syn Odyna i Jörð, małżonek Sif), odpowiednik południowogermańskiego Donara, bóg burzy i piorunów, sił witalnych, rolnictwa (jako sprowadzający deszcz odpowiedzialny za urodzaj). Patronował także małżeństwu i ognisku domowemu.
Thor, the brawny thunder god, is the archetype of a loyal and honorable warrior, the ideal toward which the average human warrior aspired. He’s the indefatigable defender of the Aesir gods and their fortress, Asgard, from the encroachments of the giants, who are usually (although far from invariably) the enemies of the gods.
11 kwi 2024 · Who were Thor’s parents? Thor was the son of Odin, the Allfather, and Jord, the embodiment of Earth.
17 gru 2018 · Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the Norse god of thunder, the sky, and agriculture. He is the son of Odin, chief of the gods, and Odin's consort Jord (Earth) and husband of the fertility goddess Sif, who is the mother of his son Modi and daughter Thrud; his other son, Magni, may be from a union with the giantess Jarnsaxa.
