Thor

**Thor** (From ON: *Þórr,* "thunder", often spelled Tor) is the Norse Æsir god of thunder, strength, fertility, and consecration, and is physically the strongest of the Æsir. The son of Odin and Jörð, he is married to the goddess Sif. He was known as *Thunor* to the Anglo-Saxons, and *Donar* to the southern Germanic peoples. His symbols of power include the lightning bolt, hammer, axe, and club, goats, and oak trees.

## History

Thor was born to Odin and the Jötunn Jörð, the Earth herself. As he grew up, Thor made a name for himself by defending both Asgard and Midgard from the jǫtnar.

### Losing Mjolnir

As Thor slept one night, the giant Thrym snuck into his quarters and stole Mjolnir. The giant agreed to return the hammer if he was given Freya as a bride. The gods had a meeting on the matter and agreed on a plan to put Thor in a wedding dress and send him in Freya's place, which the thunder god protests but reluctantly agrees to.

He and Loki, dressed as a bridesmaid, go to the wedding where Thor’s mannerisms draw suspicion from the giants. However, Loki creates lies to cover for Thor until the hammer is returned, at which point he killed every giant present except for Thrym III and Thrynga, Thrym's grandchildren.

## Appearance

Thor was described as a god with shoulder-length red hair, a curly red beard, bodybuilder arms, and hands the size of pot roasts. He wears a sleeveless leather jerkin, dark iron gauntlets (that are reminiscent of robot hands) and a hauberk (chain mail shirt). Thor's face is handsome "in a beat-up way", like he'd spent years in the boxing ring. Thor is quite unkempt, with his hauberk being filthy, and his leather jerkin and trousers worn to the color of dirty snow. In addition, he also usually has goat grease in his beard, from eating Otis and Marvin so many times.

Thor has the name of his wife Sif tattooed on his left biceps inscribed inside a heart. He has a stylized tattoo of Jormungand the World Serpent coiled around his right forearm. Across his knuckles on either hand, in block letters, are the names of his sons Modi and Magni.

## Personality

Thor is actually a very obtuse, temperamental god and can swear a lot. He is fond of watching popular TV shows on Netflix. Thor has a bad habit of passing gas or belching in public. He's also prone to smashing things. Thor also has a sense of pride as seen in *The Hammer of Thor*, when he refuses to repeat the same wedding dress ruse Loki used on him as he was humiliated following the incident and Loki repeated the story to make Thor into a laughingstock for ages. In *The Hammer of Thor*, Thor displays a very dense side, when he congratulates Magnus and his friends and claims they all should celebrate despite the fact that Loki escaped and the theft of his hammer was merely a smokescreen for the entire scheme.

He is sensitive about Sif's previous marriage, despite the fact that he has had several children with many partners. For all his rivalry with Loki, Thor does miss him as a friend and ally sometimes.

Thor also seems to have a certain sense of understanding as he admits that not all of Loki's children, such as Sam, take after their father.

## Abilities

The Norse god of thunder, and possibly the strongest of the Æsir, Thor is one of the most powerful gods in existence. His power is respected and feared throughout the Nine Worlds, so much, that Magnus Chase stated that the only reason why the jǫtnar (giants) had not invaded and destroyed Midgard yet, is because they fear Thor's wrath may fall upon them.

* **Massive Strength**: As the God of Strength, Thor has incredible super strength, being the strongest of the Norse gods. Just a clap on the shoulder from him dislocated several of Magnus' joints. When wielding Mjolnir, he is strong enough to blow up an entire mountain, along with an army of giants, with just one hit from his hammer.
* **Electrokinesis**: As the God of Lightning, Thor has absolute control over electricity and generates electrical sparks from his hands, ears, and butt when excited.
* **Atmokinesis**: As the God of Storms, Thor has absolute control over storms.
* **Fertility Manipulation**: As the God of Fertility, Thor can presumably manipulate the fertility of the ground.
* **Combat Prowess**: Thor is a great combatant and with his incredible strength this becomes clear.
* **Teleportation**: Thor was able to teleport Magnus and his friend's, but problem is Thor only teleports people to where their supposed to be (not where they want to be).
* **Goat Vision**: If Thor focuses enough, he can see through the eye's of his goat's.

## Attributes

Thor's primary attribute is his mighty hammer Mjolnir, the most powerful weapon in all of Norse mythology. His other attributes include his iron gauntlets Járngreipr (which he is required to wear while handling his hammer), and his magic belt Megingjörð (which doubles his strength when he wears it), as well as the mighty Bone Steel staff, Gríðarvölr, his secondary weapon (used when he loses his hammer).

## Attendants

Thor has two loyal attendants: the goats Tanngnjóstr/Otis and Tanngrisnr/Marvin, who pull his chariot. They are killed and eaten by the god every evening, with them always resurrecting the next morning. He is also frequently accompanied by his regular manservant, Thjalfi, though Thor granted him a furlough due to the stress shortly before *The Sword of Summer*.

## Trivia

* While Mjølnir is commonly depicted as either a simple blacksmith's hammer (*Prose Edda* and *Poetic Edda*) or an uru clubhammer (*Marvel*), it has been primarily depicted as either a wooden club or a mounted stone axe since as early as the Teutonic tribes. Even as late as the Viking era, the axe, wooden club, and hammer were all interchangeable depictions for Mjølnir.
* Thor's Greco-Roman counterpart (in terms of his primary domain) is Zeus/Jupiter (thunder, lightning, and storms). He also shares domain with Hercules (strength), Aphrodite/Venus (fertility), and no specific counterpart his status as the god of consecration.
* Thor watches a lot of Midgard (human) television. Some shows he watches are *Arrow*, *Breaking Bad*, *Game of Thrones*, and *The Walking Dead*.
* Thor has lost Mjølnir three times.
* During the events of Ragnarök, Thor is destined to kill Jörmungandr, the World Serpent, but to be slain himself by Jörmungandr's venom as it dies. He takes nine steps before dying.
* The weekday *Thursday* (derived from Old English *Þūnresdæg*; originally *Torsdag* (*Þorsdagr*) in Old Norse) is named after him.
* The Rune representing Thor is called *Thurisaz*.
* Tacitus, a Roman historian, and senator, associated Thor (specifically, his Germanic persona, *Donar*) with the Greco-Roman hero Hercules/Heracles.
* *Thorium*, a chemical element discovered by Swedish chemist Dr. Jöns Jacob Berzelius in the early 19th century, is named after him.
* In the Swedish island of Gotland, a species of beetle (scarabæus Stercorarius) was named after the god; *Thorbagge*.
* Thor's hero shrew (Scutisorex thori), a species of shrew native to the Democratic Republic of Congo, is named after him, due to him being associated with strength.
* The Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth's 2008 studio album *Twilight of the Thunder God* is based around Thor's slaying of the serpent.
* In Sweden in the 19th century, smooth, wedge-shaped stones found in the earth were called Thorwiggar ("Thor's wedges"), according to a folk belief that they were once hurled at a troll by the god Thor.
* Ironically despite being three-fourths Jotunn, Thor affiliates himself with the Æsir and is classified as a god.
* Thor is the third god to have a point of view in a series, the first two being Apollo and his father, Odin.