Thor

Also: Þórr

Norse tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: thunder, protection of gods and people, strength
Symbols and attributes: Hammer Mjölnir, goat-drawn cart, belt of strength
Parents (per the sources used): Odin
Partner: Sif

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Key myth

In Þrymskviða the giant Þrymr steals Mjölnir and demands Freyja. Thor dresses as the bride, is seated at the wedding feast, and takes his hammer back. At Ragnarök he kills the world serpent and dies of its venom.

Primary sources

Þrymskviða
Gylfaginning 48-51

All sources for the Norse pantheon

Lineage in the sources used: Odin, Borr, Búri, Bestla.

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

More traditions

Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Thor: sky, storm and thunder, war and fighting. This is overlap in one area only.

Egyptian

Shu

air, sunlight

Egyptian

Tefnut

moisture, the lion's rage

Egyptian

Nut

sky, stars

Egyptian

Seth

storm, desert, chaos

Egyptian

Horus

kingship, sky

Egyptian

Hathor

love, music, joy

Egyptian

Sekhmet

war, plague, healing

Egyptian

Amun

the hidden, king of the gods in the New Kingdom

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