[29], After a lacuna in the manuscript of the poem, Hymiskviða abruptly picks up again with Thor and Hymir in a boat, out at sea. [20], In the Poetic Edda, compiled during the 13th century from traditional source material reaching into the pagan period, Thor appears (or is mentioned) in the poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Skírnismál, Hárbarðsljóð, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Alvíssmál, and Hyndluljóð.[21]. [33], In the comedic poem Þrymskviða, Thor again plays a central role. And, slain by the serpent, fearless he sinks.
[38], The "wretched sister" of the jötnar appears, asks for a bridal gift from "Freyja", and the jötnar bring out Mjölnir to "sanctify the bride", to lay it on her lap, and marry the two by "the hand" of the goddess Vár. Hymir tells him to go get some bait from his pasture, which he expects should not be a problem for Thor. Psalms 77:18 | View whole chapter | … Jörmungandr shrieks, and a noisy commotion is heard from underwater before another lacuna appears in the manuscript.
The saga narrative adds that numerous names—at the time of the narrative, popularly in use—were derived from Thor. Thunder accompanied the storm of hail in Egypt at the time of the plagues: "The Lord sent thunder and hail" (Exodus 9:23). On the record, it is much slower, plodding, and menacing. Þrymr finds the behavior at odds with his impression of Freyja, and Loki, sitting before Þrymr and appearing as a "very shrewd maid", makes the excuse that "Freyja's" behaviour is due to her having not consumed anything for eight entire days before arriving due to her eagerness to arrive. Thor arrives at Ægir's home and finds him to be cheerful, looks into his eyes, and tells him that he must prepare feasts for the gods. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is about a guy Jim Croce met in the National Guard, which Jim joined to keep him out of Vietnam. Thor laughs internally when he sees the hammer, takes hold of it, strikes Þrymr, beats all of the jötnar, kills their "older sister", and so gets his hammer back. Thor again tells him to be silent, and threatens to throw him into the sky, where he will never be seen again. Okay? [Chorus] [7] In his Annals, Tacitus again refers to the veneration of "Hercules" by the Germanic peoples; he records a wood beyond the river Weser (in what is now northwestern Germany) as dedicated to him.
Known as Gene Simmons' signature song, this was actually written by his bandmate, Paul Stanley, who had written it as a much more uptempo number about him being the "God Of Thunder" and Rock and Roll.
In English placenames, Old English Thunor (in contrast with the Old Norse form of the name, later introduced to the Danelaw) left comparatively few traces.