5/25/2023 0 Comments Thor god of thunder omnibusThor functioned primarily as a protector-god, although stories concerning him also explained natural phenomena, thus linking him with the etiological type of myth (one which explains how some aspect of life came to be). Like almost all of the Norse gods, Thor is doomed to die at Ragnarök, the end of the world and twilight of the gods, but falls only after killing the great serpent with his powerful hammer Mjollnir, dying to its poison his sons Magni and Modi survive Ragnarök along with a small number of other gods and inherit his hammer which they use to restore order. The majority of the tales featuring Thor, in fact, put him in conflict with a giant or with his nemesis the Midgard Serpent ( Jörmungandr, the “huge monster”), a monstrous snake who coils and twists itself around the world. Thor was the defender of Asgard, realm of the gods, and Midgard, the human realm, and is primarily associated with protection through great feats of arms in slaying giants. 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. Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the Norse god of thunder, the sky, and agriculture.
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