List of names of Thor
The
Germanic god Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature. Some of the names come from the Prose Edda list Nafnaþulur
, and are not attested elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology.
Names
| Name (Old Norse) |
Name (anglicized) |
Name meaning | Attestations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ásabragr | Asabrag | "Æsir-lord"[1] | Skírnismál (33), Nafnaþulur |
| Ása-Þórr | Asa-Thor | "Æsir-Thor"[1] | Repeatedly in the Prose Edda, Hárbarðsljóð (52) |
| Atli | "the terrible"[2] | Nafnaþulur, Þrymlur I (7), Sturlaugsrímur VI (11), Skikkjurímur III (1) | |
| Björn | Bjorn, Biorn | "bear" | Nafnaþulur, Lokrur I (5), III (6) |
| Einriði or Eindriði | Einridi or Eindridi | "the one who rides alone," perhaps originally "the one who rules alone"[3] | Haustlöng (19), Vellekla (15), Nafnaþulur, Lokrur II (6, 34, 40), III (40) |
| Ennilangr | Ennilang | "the one with the wide forehead"[4] | Nafnaþulur |
| Harðhugaðr | Hardhugadr | "strong spirit" "powerful soul" "fierce ego" "brave heart" | Þrymskviða (31) |
| Harðvéurr | Hardveur | "the strong archer"[5] | Nafnaþulur |
| Hlóriði or Hlórriði | Hloridi or Hlorridi or Hlorrithi | Possibly "the loud rider," "the loud weather-god";[6] presumably related to Einriði and possibly to a cult-word hlóa[7] | Hymiskviða (4, 16, 27, 29, 37), Lokasenna (54), Þrymskviða (7, 8, 14, 31), Lokrur II (43) |
| Öku-Þor | Oku-Thor | "Cart Thor" or "Driving Thor", though possibly derived from the Finnish god Ukko ("Ukko-Thor")[8][9] | Gylfaginning |
| Rymr | Rym | "noise"[10] | Nafnaþulur, Þrymlur II (6), III (26); Lokrur I (27) |
| Sönnungr | Sonnung | Possibly "the true one"[11] | Nafnaþulur, Lokrur IV (8) |
| Véþormr | Vethorm | "Protector of the shrine"[7] but may not apply to Thor[12] | Arinbjarnarkviða (19) |
| Véuðr or Véoðr | Veud or Veod | Possibly variant of Véurr[13] | Nafnaþulur |
| Véurr | Veur | Possibly "guard of the shrine"[13] Possibly "hallower"[14] | Hymiskviða (11, 17, 21), Völuspá |
| Vingþórr | Vingthor | Possibly "battle-Thor"[15] Possibly "hallower"[14] | Þrymskviða (1), Alvíssmál (6), Nafnaþulur |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Simek (2007:19).
- ^ Simek (2007:21).
- ^ Simek (2007:71).
- ^ Simek (2007:74).
- ^ Simek (2007:131). A "reinforcement of Véurr."
- ^ Simek (2007:153).
- ^ a b de Vries (1970:123).
- ^ Snorri (1960:35).
- ^ Snorri (1879:106).
- ^ Simek (2007:269).
- ^ Simek (2007:297).
- ^ Simek (2007:358).
- ^ a b Simek (2007:359).
- ^ a b Turville-Petre (1964:101).
- ^ Simek (2007:364).
References
- ISBN 0-85991-513-1(Translation of Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie 1984)
- ISBN 1-4209-3460-0
- Snorri Sturluson (1960) translated and ed. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. The Prose Edda. The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
- Turville-Petre, E.O.G. (1964). Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- Walter de Gruyter.