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Thor, Þór (ON), Thunor (OE), Donar or Donner (German) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder and lightning in Germanic and Norse Mythology, the son of Odin and Jord. While Odin is the god of the powerful and aristocratic, Thor is much more the god of the common man, often siding with mortals against other gods. Thor was an outright hero for mankind, powerfully defeating his enemies, though he lost a wrestling match to an old woman named Elli (old age). During Ragnarok, Thor will kill and be killed by Jormungand. He lived in the hall of Bilskirnir in Thrudheim .
Thor features strongly in the Eddas of Snorri Sturluson, where Thor's many conflicts with the race of giants are a main source of plots. As Snorri portrays him, Thor is a straightforward god, but not necessarily the sharpest pencil in the box, and he is (for instance) thoroughly made a fool of by the mysterious UtgardalokiIn Norse mythology, Utgardaloki was the ruler of the city Utgard in Jotunheim. He was one of the giants. Utgard-Loki was one of the sharpest of the giants, a master of magic and illusion. He managed to trick mighty Thor, son of Odin, in taking part in a s and his magic spells.
Thor was the son of Odin and Jord(Earth). His wife was called SifIn Norse mythology, Sif (/siv/,"relative") is a goddess of the Aesir, wife of Thor and mother of Thrud, Ull and Modi. Thor is not the father of Ull. Sif was not the mother of Magni; this was Thor's son with Jarnsaxa. She has hair of gold which grows just, and little is known of her except that she had golden hair, which was made for her by the dwarfThe Norse dwarves are highly significant entities within Norse mythology. They are the makers of most of the artifacts of the gods, both Aesir and Vanir. Their dwelling places is one of the nine worlds upon the world- ash Yggdrasil, Nidavellir. They are os after the LokiThis page is about the Norse god Loki. For other uses of the word see Loki (disambiguation). Loki tricks Hod into shooting Baldur Loki Laufeyiarson in Norse mythology is the " god" of mischief, a son of Farbauti and Laufey, and is described as the "contri had cut off her haddur (which means hair). With JarnsaxaIn Norse mythology, Jarnsaxa was a Jotun and Thor's lover. By him, she was the mother of Magni. Jarnsaxa was not the mother of Thrud and Modi; Sif was their mother. Norse giants., Thor had the sons MagniIn Norse mythology, Magni was a son of Thor and Jarnsaxa. He was the god of strength and was the only thing in existence stronger than his father, and Magni was the only one who could lift Mjolnir (Thor's Hammer) besides his father. He is commonly depicte and ModiIn Norse mythology, Modi was the god of battle-rage and a son of Thor and Sif. Many of his followers used drugs or other methods to attain a certain level of bloodlust in battle. Norse mythology. but with Sif he had Thrud. He also had a stepson called Ull who was a son of Sif's.