List of names of Thor
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The Germanic god Thor
(Old Norse
: Þórr) is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry
and literature
. Some of the names come from the Prose Edda
list Nafnaþulur
, and are not attested elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology.
Thor
In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...
(Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Þórr) is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry
Old Norse poetry
Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in Old Norse, during the period from the 8th century to as late as the far end of the 13th century...
and literature
Old Norse literature
Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian peoples up to ca. 1350. It chiefly consists of Icelandic writings.See:* Old Norse poetry* Edda* Norse saga* Icelanders' sagas* Kings' sagas* Legendary sagas...
. Some of the names come from the Prose Edda
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda or simply Edda, is an Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier skaldic and Eddic poetry containing tales from Nordic mythology...
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Nafnaþulur
Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons...
, and are not attested elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology.
Names
| Name (Old Norse) | |Name meaning | Æsir Æsir In Old Norse, áss is the term denoting a member of the principal pantheon in Norse paganism. This pantheon includes Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr and Tyr. The second pantheon comprises the Vanir... -lord" | Skírnismál Skírnismál Skírnismál is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved in the 13th century manuscripts Codex Regius and AM 748 I 4to but may have been originally composed in heathen times... (33), Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... |
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| Ása-Þórr | Asa-Thor | "Æsir Æsir In Old Norse, áss is the term denoting a member of the principal pantheon in Norse paganism. This pantheon includes Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr and Tyr. The second pantheon comprises the Vanir... -Thor" |
Repeatedly in the Prose Edda Prose Edda The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda or simply Edda, is an Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier skaldic and Eddic poetry containing tales from Nordic mythology... , Hárbarðsljóð Hárbarðsljóð Hárbarðsljóð is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda, found in the Codex Regius and AM 748 I 4to manuscripts. It is a flyting poem with figures from Norse mythology-Synopsis:... (52) |
| Atli | "the terrible" | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... , Þrymlur Þrymlur Þrymlur is an Icelandic mythological rímur cycle dated to the 15th century. It narrates Thor's reclaiming of his hammer Mjöllnir from the giant Þrymr, a myth also preserved in the Eddic poem Þrymskviða... I (7), Sturlaugsrímur VI (11), Skikkjurímur III (1) |
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| Björn | Bjorn, Biorn | "bear" | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... , Lokrur Lokrur Lokrur is an Icelandic mythological rímur cycle dated to ca. 1400. It narrates the journey of the god Thor to Útgarða-Loki, a myth also preserved in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Prose Edda part Gylfaginning... I (5), III (6) |
| Einriði or Eindriði | Einridi or Eindridi | "the one who rides alone," perhaps originally "the one who rules alone" | Haustlöng Haustlöng Haustlöng is a skaldic poem composed around the beginning of the 10th century. The poem is preserved in the 13th century Prose Edda, which quotes two groups of stanzas from it, and is attributed to the Norwegian skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir. The poem describes mythological scenes painted on a shield... (19), Vellekla Vellekla Vellekla is a partially preserved drápa composed in the late 10th century by the Icelandic skald Einarr Helgason skálaglamm. It is one of the two drápas he made for Hákon jarl... (15), Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... , Lokrur Lokrur Lokrur is an Icelandic mythological rímur cycle dated to ca. 1400. It narrates the journey of the god Thor to Útgarða-Loki, a myth also preserved in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Prose Edda part Gylfaginning... II (6, 34, 40), III (40) |
| Ennilangr | Ennilang | "the one with the wide forehead" | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... |
| Harðvéurr | Hardveur | "the strong archer" | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... |
| Hlóriði or Hlórriði | Hloridi or Hlorridi | Possibly "the loud rider," "the loud weather-god"; presumably related to Einriði and possibly to a cult-word hlóa | Hymiskviða Hymiskviða Hymiskviða is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda. Its contents are somewhat confusing but can be summarized more or less as follows.... (4, 16, 27, 29, 37), Lokasenna Lokasenna Lokasenna is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda. The poem presents flyting between the gods and Loki.... (54), Þrymskviða Þrymskviða Þrymskviða is one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda... (7, 8, 14, 31), Lokrur II (43) |
| Öku-Þor | Oku-Thor | "Cart Thor" or "Driving Thor", though possibly derived from the Finnish god Ukko Ukko In Finnish mythology, Ukko, in Estonian mythology Uku, is a god of sky, weather, crops and other natural things. He is the most significant god in Finnish and Estonian mythologies, and created the goddess Ilmatar, creator of the world. The Finnish word ukkonen, thunderstorm, is derived from his... ("Ukko-Thor") |
Gylfaginning Gylfaginning Gylfaginning, or the Tricking of Gylfi , is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after Prologue. The Gylfaginning deals with the creation and destruction of the world of the Norse gods, and many other aspects of Norse mythology... |
| Rymr | Rym | "noise" | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... , Þrymlur Þrymlur Þrymlur is an Icelandic mythological rímur cycle dated to the 15th century. It narrates Thor's reclaiming of his hammer Mjöllnir from the giant Þrymr, a myth also preserved in the Eddic poem Þrymskviða... II (6), III (26); Lokrur Lokrur Lokrur is an Icelandic mythological rímur cycle dated to ca. 1400. It narrates the journey of the god Thor to Útgarða-Loki, a myth also preserved in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Prose Edda part Gylfaginning... I (27) |
| Sönnungr | Sonnung | Possibly "the true one" | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... , Lokrur Lokrur Lokrur is an Icelandic mythological rímur cycle dated to ca. 1400. It narrates the journey of the god Thor to Útgarða-Loki, a myth also preserved in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Prose Edda part Gylfaginning... IV (8) |
| Véþormr | Vethorm | "Protector of the shrine Vé (shrine) In Germanic paganism, a vé or wēoh is a type of shrine or sacred enclosure. The term appears in skaldic poetry and in place names in Scandinavia , often in connection with a Norse deity or a geographic feature. The name of the Norse god Vé, refers to the practice... " but may not apply to Thor |
Arinbjarnarkviða Arinbjarnarkviða Arinbjarnarkviða is a skaldic poem by Egill Skalla-Grímsson in praise of his friend Arinbjörn. The poem is preserved in manuscripts of Egils saga. Some lines are lost while others may be corrupted. The metre is kviðuháttr.-References:... (19) |
| Véuðr or Véoðr | Veud or Veod | Possibly variant of Véurr | Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... |
| Véurr | Veur | Possibly "guard of the shrine Vé (shrine) In Germanic paganism, a vé or wēoh is a type of shrine or sacred enclosure. The term appears in skaldic poetry and in place names in Scandinavia , often in connection with a Norse deity or a geographic feature. The name of the Norse god Vé, refers to the practice... " Possibly "hallower" |
Hymiskviða Hymiskviða Hymiskviða is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda. Its contents are somewhat confusing but can be summarized more or less as follows.... (11, 17, 21), Völuspá Völuspá Völuspá is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end related by a völva addressing Odin... |
| Vingþórr | Vingthor | Possibly "battle-Thor" Possibly "hallower" | Þrymskviða Þrymskviða Þrymskviða is one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda... (1), Alvíssmál Alvíssmál Alvíssmál is poem collected in the Poetic Edda, probably dating to the 11th century, that relates a conversation between Thor and a Dvergr called Alvíss .-Plot:... (6), Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur Nafnaþulur is a subsection of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál. It is a listing in verse of names that may be used in poetry for various items, such as gods, giants, people, animals, and weapons... |