Thor, the god of thunder
What exactly comes into your mind when you hear or think of Thor, the god of thunder? Many people will argue that it’s just a myth or just another story altogether. Just as like other people would picture their God, Thor was a large, tall, muscular man with red hair and beard. In Germanic mythology, Thor was a prominently declared god.
The people of Germanic saw Thor as the god of thunder who by his Hummer, which was known as Mjolnir, would produce thunder. He acted as the foremost of the gods to the people in the society. Thor’s hummer “Mjolnir”, in other words, the destroyer, initially was made by dwarfs who used to create magical objects for gods, known as Brok and Eitri, the Hummer would return to Thor’s hand magically whenever he needed it. Thor was the son of the earth goddess Odin and Jord, and he was the toughest of the Aesir. Thor is the god of thunder married to the Goddess of fertility, the golden-haired Sif; he; he also had a mistress “Jarnsaxa” with whom they had children Magni, Modi and Thrud. Magni and Modi were boys while Thrud was a girl.
Despite Thor having eyes of lightning, he was very popular for he protected both humans and gods of Germanic people from the evil forces. Unlike his father Odin, Thor did not require human sacrifice in his temple, and this made him surpass his father’s popularity. Thor was the god who would preside over lightening’s, who would govern the winds and rains, the people would make sacrifices to him in case of plague and famine treats. Thor’s only enemy was the Jormungand, “Midgard Serpent. At the Doom of Gods day that was known as Ragnarok, thor killed the Midgard serpent, but unfortunately, he died from the serpent’s poison. Magni and Modi, Thor’s sons, inherited his Hummer after his death.