THOR DESCRIPTION - THOR'S POSSESSION - Fertility and Agriculture - Thor’s Role in the Viking Age - THOR AND ODIN - Which god to be worship? THOR OR ODIN - CULTURE AND TRADITION - RELIGION -THOR’S ADVENTURE - THE TALE OF THOR DISGUISED AS A BRIDE - THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS - THOR AND JORMUNGAND RAGNAROK

2. The god of the
thunder
Eldest son of Frigg
and Odin
Indefatigable
defender of the Aesir
gods and fortress
Physical strength is
virtually unmatched

3. Goat-driven
chariot
( create noise of
thunder)

4. Thruthvanger
( the paddocks of power where his Bilskinir or
lightning stood)
Mansion- five hundred and forty rooms.

5. Mighty
Hammer
(Mjollnir)
Belt
(Doubles his
strength)

6. Iron gauntlets or
gloves
(holds the hammer
or catch it when it
flew back

7. hallowing
(need of protection, comfort and blessing)
Icelandic settlers implored him to hallow
their plot of land before they built
buildings or planted crops.
Can be used to bless and could be used to
destroy.
Bring back alive the giant goats alive after
eating them.

8. Promotion of Agriculture and Fertility (extension
of his role as “sky god”.
11th century German historian Adam of Bremen
notes “Thor, they say presides over the air which
governs the thunder and lightning, the winds
and rains, fair weather and crops.
Sif his seldom mentioned wife is noted for her
golden hair above else which is a symbol for
fields of grain.

9. Thor’s role:
1. Principal deity of the second class
2. Function of warriors and military strength
(rulers sovereignty)
3. Farmers and fecundity

10. ODIN was the
foremost deity
appealed by rulers
,outcasts and elite
persons of every
sort.
Odin is the father
of Thor.

11. THOR ODIN

12. When Odin gives blessing ,
Thor gives cursed. For Thor
wants to be worship more for
his gain power and strength
than of his father.
Thor’s name is found in
numerous place names in
Scandinavia – much more
common than Odin

13. Thursday is named after Thor (equated by the
Romans with the lightning bolt-wielder
Jupiter).
Icelandic settlers give the name Thor to their
sons succeeding the second name.

14. Thor was the favorite god of the Vikings, the
protector of the ordinary man, and was very
widely worshipped.
Hammer-shaped amulets (a sign of Thor
worship) have been found throughout
Scandinavia. Sometimes they are reversed
with the sign of the cross.
Chief god of the settlers but also a patron and
guardian of the settlement itself (stability and
law)

15. Thor (þórr)

16. • THE TALE OF THOR DISGUISED AS A BRIDE
• THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
• THOR AND JORMUNGAND

17. • THE TALE OF THOR DISGUISED AS A BRIDE
Thor’s hammer is missing
Giant Thrym
- Loki found out that Thrym had
stolen the hammer.
- in return of his hammer is the
marriage of Freya.

18. • THE TALE OF THOR DISGUISED AS A BRIDE
Thor disguised as Freya
1. The bride ate and drank so gigantically
Alibi: she had not eaten or drink for 9 days
2. Red complexion and eyes that flashed fire
Alibi: feverish from lack of sleep in her joy
 The hammer as a sacred tool for the blessing
of marriage.
 The return of Thor’s hammer

19. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Loki and Thor decided to rest by a peasant
who they came across.
Thor slew his two giant gods who pulled his
chariot.
“Place the bones on the skins”

20. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Thor’s Fury
-one of his giant
goat was lame
A mother’s woe
Thor’s decision
- take the two
children as
servants (Thailfi
and Roskva)
- leave his goat
behind to heal

21. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Journey in the east
In the cave
- several long passages
- side chamber
- tremendous earthquakes
- numerous rumblings
- groanings

22. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Giant Skrymir
- not truly a cave
but a giant’s glove
- not truly a side
chamber but the
thumb.

23. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Skrymir taking
advantage
-thrown the
knapsack to the ground.
- Thor busied
himself trying to undo
the knots in the
knapsack for he is in
deep hunger but he
could not undo a single
one

24. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Thor’s fury
hunger and fatigue
made him furious
1st strike
- the giant said” did a
leaf fall on me?”
2nd strike
- “was that an acorn?”
3rd strike
- “did a bird drop a twig
on me?”

25. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Utgard – the
land of giants
King Utgardloki

26. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Contest
1. Loki vs. Logi
About: eating an enormous dish piled with
meats placed on the floor between 2
competitors.
Result: Tie

27. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
2. Thailfi vs. Hugi
About: race
Result: Thailfi lost the race

28. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
3. Thor vs. enormous drinking horn
About : emptying the horn full of water
Result: The horn was still not empty

29. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Utgardloki’s scorn
4. Thor vs. Big grey cat of the ground
About: lifting up the grey cat
Result: only one of the cat’s paw is being lifted
up

30. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
5. Thor vs. Elli
About: wrestled the old withered nurse and let
her be cast done
Result : Thor did not even move Elli even a
single distance

31. • THOR IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS
Utgardloki’s Revelation
- He himself had been Skrymir, and if he had not
protected his head with mountains Thor's hammer would
have killed him. Instead, those mountains now had deep
ridges. Loki had eaten in a contest with Logi — fire —
which devours everything. The peasant had raced with
Hugi — thought — the swiftest medium. Thor had drunk
from the sea and lowered it a few inches, had tried to lift
the Midgard Serpent, and had wrestled with old age.
Infuriated at having played the fool, Thor lifted his
hammer to slay the enchanter, but Utgardaloki and his
castle vanished, leaving Thor and his comrades alone on
the plain.

32. • THOR AND JORMUNGAND

33. • THOR AND JORMUNGAND
Thor accepted shelter from the Giant Hymir. When
Thor said he wished to go fishing, Hymir treated him
contemptuously. But Thor slew one of Hymir's bulls to
use the head for bait, and he and Hymir sailed out into
the ocean.
Thor took the boat far past the point that Hymir felt
was safe. Then he baited the hook and threw it in the
sea. Before long the Midgard Serpent snatched the
bait and was caught. Its thrashing banged up Thor's
hands and wrists against the gunwale, and in the
struggle the bottom of the boat fell through, so that
Thor found himself standing on the ocean floor.

34. • THOR AND JORMUNGAND
With that added stability he drew the serpent
up with an enormous heave. As he was about
to slay the monster with his hammer the
terrified Hymir cut the line, allowing the
serpent to escape. Thor then felled and
drowned the cowardly Hymir as he tried to
escape. But he would not kill the Midgard
Serpent till doomsday, or Ragnarok, when he
would perish as well.