Episode 6 - Thor, Hero of Humanity

This episode does a deep dive into almost everything we know about Thor. What did he look like? Was he a good father? How did the ancient Norse people pray to Thor? How does his hammer work? Does he ever strike anyone with lightning? And, wait... was Thor actually god of the sea? Sources: “Bleikr, Gulr, and the Categorization of Color in Old Norse” by Jackson Crawford, 2016 “Gods and Myths of Northern Europe” by H. R. Ellis Davidson, 1964 “How Thor Lost His Thunder” by Declan Taggart, 2017 “Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs” by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow, 2002 “Teutonic Mythology” by Jacob Grimm, 1882, transl. by James Stallybrass “Þórr and wading” by Tarrin Wills, 2017 “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014 “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995 Contact: Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW Music: Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com). Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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What makes Norse mythology "norse"? Why does Thor kill giants? What do the myths tell us about Loki's gender identity? The world of popular media is always happy to provide a modernized re-telling of ancient stories with a heavy scoop of creative license, but on "Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide", we'll dive into the original tales directly from the sources and learn together from experts in the field about what these stories really mean and how they would have affected the lives of the ancient people of the pagan north. Contact me any time at waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com!