Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

Episode 6 - Thor, Hero of Humanity

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This episode does a deep dive into almost everything we know about Thor. What did he look like? Was he a good father? How did the ancient Norse people pray to Thor? How does his hammer work? Does he ever strike anyone with lightning? And, wait... was Thor actually god of the sea?

Sources:

  • “Bleikr, Gulr, and the Categorization of Color in Old Norse” by Jackson Crawford, 2016
  • “Gods and Myths of Northern Europe” by H. R. Ellis Davidson, 1964
  • “How Thor Lost His Thunder” by Declan Taggart, 2017
  • “Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs” by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow, 2002
  • “Teutonic Mythology” by Jacob Grimm, 1882, transl. by James Stallybrass
  • “Þórr and wading” by Tarrin Wills, 2017
  • “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
  • “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

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      • Music:

      Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com). Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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