Mjölnir

The **Mjölnir** ("Grinder") is a hammer used by the Norse god Thor. It is very heavy, so heavy that only Thor would be strong enough to easily hold it, and it crackles with lightning.

## History

The dwarf brothers, Eitri and Brokk, built the Mjölnir along with Freyr's ship Skidbladnir, the Draupnir ring that multiplies itself every nine nights, and the Gungnir spear of Odin. Because a fly bit Eitri's eye, he was unable to finish the Mjölnir properly, so its handle was short.

In one visit to a couple of farmers, Thor kills two goats as his evening meal. On the next day, he blesses the pelts of the goats, causing them to come back to life. He notices that someone had broke one of the goats' legs, but he keeps the goats to pull his chariot.

The Mjölnir became a central element in another story, where Thor and Loki go to the fortress of the giants to retrieve it. He disguised himself as a bride, and when he was about to be married to a giant, he killed the giant and other guests and returned to Asgard with his hammer.

In the future, after Thor dies in the Ragnarok War, his sons Modi and Magni will use the Mjölnir together as they rebuild the world.

During Christian rule, pagan Norsefolk wore Mjölnir pendants as a symbol of resistance. This leads to the usage of the Mjölnir as a symbol for their Asatruar descendants in modern times.

## In the Rabydosverse

The Mjölnir is a symbol used by the various Norse peoples of Jerde. The other peoples of the Galaxy also knew Thor and made magical mallets and hammers designed from the Mjolnir, so they refer Thor's Mjolnir as the "True Mjolnir". The magical hammers based on the True Mjolnir only carry a small portion of the real Mjolnir's power, for Thor refuses to allow anyone to use his power against him by strengthening anyone who might become an enemy.

The Heronoi people, a race of cloned aliens influenced somewhat by Freyrgardian (Norse) culture, also used long hammers designed after the Mjölnir. Some guards whose hammers had axe blades on their backs are known as "Royal Executioners", and they served as the elite soldiers of Heraunwoja.

According to folklore, vampires are afraid of T-shapes, as they represent the Mjolnir, and by extension, Thor. One folk tale mentions that Thor once killed a vampire king and his army, and cursed all vampires that whenever they see his hammer, they will see his presence and his wrath coming to catch them. Lightning and electricity are also considered to be very effective against vampires, as they both are the weapons of Thor and they bear the essence of the Sun (plasma).

The Celestial Empire has a martial art where combatants use mallets, as a form of worship to Thor, venerated there as one of the Princes of Heaven and the sons of Odin, the supreme god of the Celestial Empire. In the Malendor Supercorporation, the worship of Thor and hammers has continued, where some knights wield hammers as a sacred weapon.

One of Chandaelje's martial art skills is to fight with a long hammer. Before sparring with Jolqorin, both the princess and the robot pray to Thor by raising their hammers and reciting hymns.

The hilt of Dagnia's sword is shaped like a Mjölnir.

### Names in other languages

* Lysandrean: Mjöllirna, Mjölla
* Aspieran: Mjöltar
* Novantirna: Mjöruiva (Thor's hammer, True Mjolnir), Mjöllorintïr, Mjöltïr
* Late Rannarisk: Mjöltanir
* Heronoi: Mejotanira, Mejotira

## In the Rinnarverse

The Mjölnir is one of the symbols of the Vetarbroitar, a race of clones that rebelled against the Nordic State.

Dorian wears a Mjölnir pendant to show her devotion to the Gods.

## Trivia

* The axes in the Heronoi guards' hammers were inspired by Marvel Thor's weapon, Stormbreaker.
* The author sometimes thought that it could be possible that the Mjolnir might be a predecessor to the crucifix used in Europe against vampires, due to their similar shape.
* The ritualised Novantirna hammer duels done by Jolqorin to train Chandaelje may be influenced by Japanese kendo duels. More accurately, they could resemble bojutsu, a Japanese martial art with staffs.