"becoming known as ""The Tomb of the Lord of the Goats"". According to Norse mythology, the god of thunder, Thor, has a chariot that is pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. At night when he sets up camp, Thor eats the meat of the goats, but takes care that all bones remain whole. Then he wraps the remains up, and in the morning, the goats always come back to life to pull the chariot. When a farmer's son who is invited to share the meal breaks one of the goats' leg bones to suck the marrow, the animal's leg"
"character Thor, based on the Norse god, a magical hammer similarly based on the original Mjölnir plays a major role. The Marvel adaptation endowed the hammer with additional powers not attested in the original myth - especially, that when holding it Thor can fly through air at great speed. Mjölnir In Norse mythology, Mjölnir (; , ) is the hammer of Thor, the Norse god associated with thunder. Mjölnir is depicted in Norse mythology as one of the most fearsome and powerful weapons in existence, capable of leveling mountains. In its account of Norse mythology, the ""Prose Edda"" relates how"
"and Vanaheim were all situated. Dwarves crafted such legendary Asgardian weapons as Thor's hammer Mjolnir and Odin's spear Gungnir. Although it was the magic of Odin that imbued Mjolnir and Gugnir with their special enchantments. Dwarves are the race that have crafted most of the weapons and enchanted items for the gods. Thor arrives at the workshop of King Sindri of the dwarves, where he is given a magical boat to carry him on a special mission for his father Odin. The boat is small enough to fit in a pocket, but grows to full size and flies if needed."
"the Rainbow Bridge between Earth and Asgard, and use it to transport himself and others instananeously. Thor carries a hammer as his primary weapon. It is about three feet long, with a square head with beveled edges. He also possesses battle armor, a shield and a helmet, although he decides not to use them in his initial encounter with the Elementals because they are ""unfashionable."" Thor (Comico Comics) Thor is a fictional character in the comic book series ""Elementals"". He was created by Bill Willingham and first appeared in ""Elementals"" #23 (Volume 1). Thor is the Norse god of thunder."
"Mjölnir In Norse mythology, Mjölnir (; , ) is the hammer of Thor, the Norse god associated with thunder. Mjölnir is depicted in Norse mythology as one of the most fearsome and powerful weapons in existence, capable of leveling mountains. In its account of Norse mythology, the ""Prose Edda"" relates how the hammers characteristically short handle was due to a mistake during its manufacture. Similar hammers (Ukonvasara) were a common symbol of the god of thunder in other North European mythologies. Modern depictions of Mjolnir are most prevalent amongst practitioners of Heathenry (a modern Pagan religious movement) and white supremacist"
"the role of Mjolnir in their religious rituals and doctrine, though its primary function is to publicly signify faith (similarly to how Christians wear or hang Crucifixes). While Norse in origin, Mjolnir modern usage is not limited to Nordic pagans and has been utilized in Dutch pagan marriages, American pagan rituals, as well as the symbolic representation for all of Germanic heathenry. Thor possessed a formidable chariot, which is drawn by two goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. A belt, Megingjörð, and iron gloves, Járngreipr, were used to lift Mjölnir. Mjölnir is the focal point of some of Thor's adventures. This is"
"Naglfar In Norse mythology, Naglfar or Naglfari (Old Norse ""nail farer"") is a boat made entirely from the fingernails and toenails of the dead. During the events of Ragnarök, ""Naglfar"" is foretold to sail to Vígríðr, ferrying hordes that will do battle with the gods. ""Naglfar"" is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. The boat itself has been connected by scholars with a larger pattern of ritual hair and nail disposal among Indo-Europeans, stemming from Proto-Indo-European custom, and it may"
"cards. Due to trademark issues, at least one toy version of this character is marketed as Marvel's Destroyer. The Destroyer appears in the 2011 live-action film ""Thor"". It is considered a weapon designed to protect Asgard from threats outside the realm. The Destroyer is an enchanted suit of armor forged by the King of the Norse gods, Odin. When it first appeared it was hinted that the Destroyer had been created as a weapon to face some dark menace from the stars. First seen in the Temple of Darkness in Asia, the Destroyer is used by Thor's arch-foe Loki against"
"the winged-horse Pegasus, may have been. Gná and Hófvarpnir In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse ""he who throws his hoofs about"", ""hoof-thrower"" or ""hoof kicker""). Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about Gná as a ""goddess of fullness"" and as potentially cognate to Fama from Roman mythology. Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged steed Sleipnir have been cited examples of transcendent horses in Norse mythology. In"
"up for the night, and the previous momentum of building work that the builder had been able to maintain is not continued. When the Æsir realize that the builder is a hrimthurs, they disregard their previous oaths with the builder, and call for Thor. Thor arrives, and kills the builder by smashing the builder's skull into shards with Mjöllnir. However, Loki ""had such dealings"" with Svaðilfari that ""somewhat later"" Loki gave birth to a gray foal with eight legs; the horse Sleipnir, ""the best horse among gods and men"". Svaðilfari In Norse mythology, Svaðilfari (Old Norse perhaps ""unlucky traveler""; derived"
"Heimdallr In Norse mythology, Heimdallr is a god who possesses the resounding horn Gjallarhorn, owns the golden-maned horse Gulltoppr, has gold teeth, and is the son of Nine Mothers (who may represent personified waves). Heimdallr is attested as possessing foreknowledge, keen eyesight and hearing, and keeps watch for invaders and the onset of Ragnarök while drinking fine mead in his dwelling Himinbjörg, located where the burning rainbow bridge Bifröst meets the sky. Heimdallr is said to be the originator of social classes among humanity and once regained Freyja's treasured possession Brísingamen while doing battle in the shape of a seal"
"Edda"", the dragon Níðhöggr is described as gnawing on the roots of Yggdrasil, the world tree. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr is a giant serpent that encircles the entire realm of Miðgarð in the sea around it. According to the ""Gylfaginning"" from the ""Prose Edda"", written by the thirteenth-century Icelandic mythographer Snorri Sturluson, Thor, the Norse god of thunder, once went out on a boat with the giant Hymnir to the outer sea and fished for Jörmungandr using an ox-head as bait. Thor caught the serpent and, after pulling its head out of the water, smashed it with his hammer Mjölnir."
"pitch in to help Eitri create the new weapon, an axe called Stormbreaker. When Eitri doesn't manage to find a handle for the axe, Groot gives up one of his arms for the purpose. Eitri (comics) Eitri the Dwarf King is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Eitri is a Dwarf who lives on Asgard. He is a weapons forger and is notable for being the one who created Mjolnir for the Norse God Thor. He has also occasionally aided the New Mutants. The character made his cinematic debut in """", portrayed by Peter"
"Thor's Fight with the Giants Thor's Fight with the Giants () is an 1872 painting by the Swedish artist Mårten Eskil Winge. It depicts the Norse god Thor in a battle against the jötnar. The thunder god rides his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, wears his belt Megingjörð and swings his hammer Mjölnir. The painting was made using oil on canvas, has the dimensions 484 x 333 centimeters and belongs to Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Winge was a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, where history painting was regarded as the most important genre of art."
"the home of peasant farmers and shared with them his goat meal, yet one of their children, Þjálfi, broke one of the bones to suck out the marrow, resulting in the lameness of one of the goats upon resurrection. As a result, Thor maintains Þjálfi and his sister Röskva as his servants. Scholars have linked the ever-replenishing goats to the nightly-consumed beast Sæhrímnir in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folk beliefs involving herring bones and witchcraft. The Old Norse name ""Tanngrisnir"" translates to ""teeth-barer, snarler"" and ""Tanngnjóstr"" to ""teeth-grinder"". Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that the names were young when recorded, and"
"Brokkr In Norse mythology, Brokkr (Old Norse ""the one who works with metal fragments; blacksmith"", anglicized Brokk) is a dwarf, and the brother of Eitri or Sindri. According to ""Skáldskaparmál"", Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi. Loki boasted greatly of all the things that the Sons of Ivaldi could create. He also boasted that the other dwarves could not create anything beautiful or useful. Brokkr, who was in Asgard at the time, declared that his brother Eitri could make things far more beautiful and useful than the Sons of"
"Gná and Hófvarpnir In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse ""he who throws his hoofs about"", ""hoof-thrower"" or ""hoof kicker""). Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about Gná as a ""goddess of fullness"" and as potentially cognate to Fama from Roman mythology. Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged steed Sleipnir have been cited examples of transcendent horses in Norse mythology. In chapter 35 of the ""Prose Edda"""
"Járngreipr In Norse mythology, Járngreipr (Old Norse ""iron grippers"") or Járnglófar (""iron gauntlets"") are the iron gloves of the god Thor. According to the ""Prose Edda"", along with the hammer Mjölnir and the belt Megingjörð, Járngreipr is one of Thor's three crucial possessions. According to chapter 20 of the book ""Gylfaginning"", he requires the gloves to handle his powerful hammer. The reason for this may come from the forging of the hammer, when the dwarf working the bellows was bitten in his eye by a gadfly (commonly held to be Loki in disguise) which caused the handle of the hammer"
"of sea-warriors, ruled over the shores of the Hreiðsea. Now he sits armed on his Goth(ic horse), his shield strapped, the prince of the Mærings.</poem> The mention of Theoderic (among other heroes and gods of Norse mythology) may have been inspired by a no longer extant statue of an unknown emperor assumed to be Theoderic sitting on his horse in Ravenna, which was moved in 801 A.D. to Aachen by Charlemagne. This statue was very famous and portrayed Theoderic with his shield hanging across his left shoulder, and his lance extended in his right hand: the German clerical poet Walahfrid"
"financial flop at the box office. The movie takes plot elements told from the three comic albums ""Cry Wolf"", ""The Story of Quark"" and ""The Journey to Útgarða-Loki"". Thor, the god of thunder, and Loki, the god of lies, habitually visit Midgard (Earth), and one evening they take refuge for the night at a lonesome farmhouse, inhabited by a couple of ordinary Viking peasants and their two children, a boy named Tjalvi and his younger sister Röskva. Thor generously offers one of his (immortal) goats which is dragging his chariot, as a feast dinner for all of them, but strongly"
"that this is the fault of Loki, yet that ""you have heard this already"", and that another, wiser than the poet, could tell the story of how Thor was repaid by a lava-dweller with his children. A stanza from the ""Poetic Edda"" poem ""Þrymskviða"" describes Thor's goat-driven ride to Jötunheimr: In chapter 21 of the ""Prose Edda"" book ""Gylfaginning"", the enthroned figure of High divulges that the god Thor has two goats that drive his chariot and that these goats bear the names Tanngnjóstr and Tanngrisnir. In chapter 44, the enthroned figure of Third reluctantly relates a tale in which"
"to be shortened. Járngreipr In Norse mythology, Járngreipr (Old Norse ""iron grippers"") or Járnglófar (""iron gauntlets"") are the iron gloves of the god Thor. According to the ""Prose Edda"", along with the hammer Mjölnir and the belt Megingjörð, Járngreipr is one of Thor's three crucial possessions. According to chapter 20 of the book ""Gylfaginning"", he requires the gloves to handle his powerful hammer. The reason for this may come from the forging of the hammer, when the dwarf working the bellows was bitten in his eye by a gadfly (commonly held to be Loki in disguise) which caused the handle"
"Thor and keeps his goats safe when he ventures into the land of the giants. Sons of Ivaldi In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and the Gungnir, the spear of Odin, as well as golden hair for Sif to replace what Loki had cut off. According to ""Skáldskaparmál"", after these objects were created Loki made a bet with a dwarf, Brokkr, that his brother Eitri (or Sindri) would not be able to craft items to match the quality of those displayed by the sons of Ivaldi. This"
"of trolls, for example, the woodland and mountain trolls, which as in the film can be further categorised into subspecies. The most well-known is probably the Mountain King which is mentioned in the play ""Peer Gynt"" and its music by Edvard Grieg. The Norwegian name for Mountain King, ""Dovregubbe"", is a compound word and the first part is the same word used in the mountain range Dovrefjell, which is also where the characters meet the final troll. Other common troll descriptions from the Norwegian folklore which are used in the film include trolls having a tail, multiple heads, the ability"
"details of how Thor got his hammer back. Bergfinnr is a son of Þrymr. Þrymr In Norse mythology, Þrymr (""Thrymr"", ""Thrym""; ""uproar"") was king of the jǫtnar. In one legend, he stole Mjǫlnir, Thor's hammer, to extort the gods into giving him Freyja as his wife. His kingdom was called Jötunheimr, but according to ""Hversu Noregr byggðist"", it was the Swedish province Värmland, then a part of Norway. Þrymr was foiled in his scheme by the gracefulness of Heimdallr, the cunning of Loki, and the sheer violence of Thor, who later killed Þrymr, his sister, and all of the jotnar"
"Thor (Marvel Comics) Thor is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, based on the Norse deity of the same name, is the Asgardian god of thunder and possesses the enchanted hammer Mjolnir, which grants him the ability to fly and manipulate weather amongst his other superhuman attributes. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character first appeared in ""Journey into Mystery"" #83 (August 1962) and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller-plotter Jack Kirby. He has starred in several ongoing series and limited series, and is"
"Sons of Ivaldi In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and the Gungnir, the spear of Odin, as well as golden hair for Sif to replace what Loki had cut off. According to ""Skáldskaparmál"", after these objects were created Loki made a bet with a dwarf, Brokkr, that his brother Eitri (or Sindri) would not be able to craft items to match the quality of those displayed by the sons of Ivaldi. This contest resulted in the creation of the boar of Freyr (Gullinbursti), the ring of Odin"
"earth and in rocks. Modsognir was a dwarf and the second was Durinn."" According to Völuspà 9, the dwarfs were created by ginnheilög goð, ""the high holy gods"", who resolved to fashion them ""out of Brimir's blood and Blainn's bones,"" a phrase typically interpreted to mean the blood and flesh of the primordial giant, Ymir. This is based on the mythic fact that Ymir was slain and his corpse was used to fashion the earth and heaven, as told in Grimnísmál 40-41 from the Poetic Edda and Snorri's account in Gylfaginning 8. In scholarship, the interpretation of Völuspà 9-10 in"
"Eitri In Norse mythology, Eitri (or Sindri) is a dwarf and the brother of Brokkr. According to ""Skáldskaparmál"", when Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skidbladnir and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi, he bet his own head with Brokkr that Eitri would not have been able to make items that matched the craftsmanship of those mentioned above. Eitri began working in his furnace while his brother was working the bellows, but a fly (sometimes thought to be Loki himself) began stinging Brokkr, trying to stop him and spoil the items. Eitri succeeded in making the golden"
"Eitri (comics) Eitri the Dwarf King is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Eitri is a Dwarf who lives on Asgard. He is a weapons forger and is notable for being the one who created Mjolnir for the Norse God Thor. He has also occasionally aided the New Mutants. The character made his cinematic debut in """", portrayed by Peter Dinklage. The character, created by writer Alan Zelenetz and arist Bob Hall, first appeared in ""The Mighty Thor Annual"" #11 (November 1983). He continued to appear throughout the 80's in the pages of the"
"Sköll In Norse mythology, Sköll (Old Norse ""Treachery"") is a warg that chases the horses Árvakr and Alsviðr, that drag the chariot which contains the sun (Sól) through the sky every day, trying to eat her. Sköll has a twin brother, Hati, who chases Máni, the moon. At Ragnarök, both Sköll and Hati will succeed in their quests and eat the sun and moon. ""Sköll"", in certain circumstances, is sometimes referred to as the son of Fenrir which is wrong. Skoll, Hati and their kind come from a forest named Járnviðr. In the forest there are giantesses that are called"
"Árvakr and Alsviðr In Norse mythology, Árvakr (Old Norse ""early awake"") and Alsviðr (Old Norse ""very quick"") are the horses which pull the sun, or Sól's chariot, across the sky each day. It is said that the gods fixed bellows underneath the two horses' shoulders to help cool them off as they rode. Both horses are only mentioned in ""Gylfaginning"" and ""Grímnismál"" and their names are frequently associated with descriptions of the Sun. In Nordic mythology, gods govern the passage of days, nights, and seasons, and shape the Sun from a spark of the flame Muspelheim, but the Sun stands"
"slew men, but neither fire nor iron had effect upon them. This is called 'going berserk'."" In addition, the helm-plate press from Torslunda depicts (below) a scene of Odin with a berserker with a wolf pelt and a spear as distinguishing features: “a wolf skinned warrior with the apparently one-eyed dancer in the bird-horned helm, which is generally interpreted as showing a scene indicative of a relationship between berserkgang ... and the god Odin”. In Norse mythology, the wild boar was an animal sacred to the Vanir. The powerful god Freyr owned the boar Gullinbursti and the goddess Freyja owned"