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Thor's hammer

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  • The pendant represents Thor’s weapon, the hammer Mjölner. Thor’s hammers are found in Viking Age archaeological contexts. This one is made of silver and was found in a grave at Birka/Björkö, Sweden. In the Old Norse story The Lay of Thrym in the Poetic Edda, Thor’s hammer was once stolen by the giant Thrym, who wanted to exchange it for a marriage with the goddess Freja. Freja got quite upset and ... Visa hela
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  • Dressing up as a bride, Thor put himself in a position which in the original text is referred to as ergi, i.e. unmanly in the meaning of taking the imagined passive female position in a sexual relatio... Visa hela
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Thor's hammer
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  • Unstraight
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