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.

Oct 15, 2018 · Thunor (or Thor, in Norse), son of Frige and Woden was the god of the weather, particularly thunder and lightning. He was also god of the forge, and so was especially important to blacksmiths. The Anglo-Saxons believed that the sound of thunder was Thunor striking his hammer on his mighty anvil; lightning, meanwhile, was the spark created by ...

Thunor is one of the three gods named in the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow as Heathen deities whose worship must be forsworn during the (forced) conversion to Christianity; Wodan, Saxnôte, and Thunaer.

Thunor, the Anglo-Saxon Thor, is god of thunder and was perhaps the most popular deity.

Mar 17, 2025 · Thor, deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, middle-aged man of enormous strength, an implacable foe to the harmful race of giants but benevolent toward mankind. His figure was generally secondary to that of the god Odin, who in some traditions.

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.

Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the god of thunder and lightning in Norse mythology, associated with strength, storms, hallowing, sacred groves and tress and fertility. He is the son of Ojdin and Jörð, the personification of the Earth, and is the strongest of the Æsir.

Known as “friend of mankind,” Thor sustains and protects us from woe and with his mighty Hammer he crushes obstacles in his wake. But Thor doesn’t only destroy, with his Hammer he blesses, he hallows and he restores. Thor was never a …

Aug 21, 2024 · Thunor, undeterred, rode his chariot through the air, the thunder of his hammer shaking the earth. He came to grips with the Great Wyrm, and they fought, the coils of the immense monster seeking to encircle and crush the Thunderer, its fanged maw slavering.

Thunor (also known as þunor, Þórr or Donar; Proto-Germanic *þunraz) is the Germanic God of strength, thunder, storms, protection, hallowing, boundaries and agricultural growth. As one of the most widely reverred Gods of our ancient pantheon, …