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Also known as Ðunor, Thunor, Þunor, Þórr, Donar

right|thumb|upright=1.3|''Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by (1872). Thor (from ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, storms, strength, protection, fertility, and farmers. Besides Old Norse , the deity occurs in Old English as ', in Old Frisian as '', in Old Saxon as , and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym ', meaning 'Thunder'.

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Thor is a prominent god in Germanic paganism and Norse mythology, depicted as a hammer-wielding deity associated with thunder, storms, strength, protection, fertility, and farmers. The name Thor, which appears across Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High German cultures, derives from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "Thunder."

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Instance of
thunder deity
Part of
Æsir
Gender
male
Spouse
Sif
Child
Móði
Father
Odin
Mother
Fjörgyn
Sibling
Váli
Occupation
dragonslayer
Image
Thor (Walhall).png
Said to be same as
Taranis
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worshipped by
Norse mythology
Commons category
Thor
topic's main category
Category:Thor
owner of
Mjölnir
iconographic symbol
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name in native language
Thor
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
present in work
Prose Edda
indigenous to
Norsemen
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