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Family
The family of Thor
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 15
Kinship in an account 15
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Fjörgyn Norse godess
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child of (child) Jörð Earth goddess in Norse mythology -
child of (child) Odin widely attested deity in Norse mythology - parent of (father) Magni Norse deity
- parent of (father) Móði Norse deity
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parent of (father) Þrúðr Thor's daughter in Norse mythology - partner of Járnsaxa giantess in Norse mythology
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partner of (spouse) Sif Norse goddess, wife of Thor -
sibling of Baldur Norse god associated with light, beauty, love and happiness -
sibling of Bragi skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology -
sibling of Hermod Norse deity -
sibling of Höðr Norse deity - sibling of Meili Norse deity
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sibling of Váli Norse deity -
sibling of Víðarr Norse deity
Accounts
Where Thor appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
- Written the 1260s CE
Poetic Edda
collection of Old Norse poems -
Written 1225 CEProse Edda
13th-century Norse work of literature written in Iceland -
No date recordedLokasenna
Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda -
Written c. 12th century CEAlvíssmál
poem from the Poetic Edda -
No date recordedHárbarðsljóð
poem of the Poetic Edda - No date recorded
Hymiskviða
OId Norse poem in the Poetic Edda
The earliest account held here Computed
Alvíssmál published c. 12th century CE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Connections
How Thor connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 2
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Identification 6
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Jupiter chief deity of Roman state religion - identified with Öku-Thor alternative name for the Norse god Thor
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identified with Perun Slavic supreme god of the sky and war - identified with Taranis Celtic god of thunder
- identified with Thunor Anglo-Saxon god of thunder
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identified with Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
30 statements on this record
- 16 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 14 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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