Visual Legacy
Thunder, Storms, Oak
Þórr through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across three millennia
Tor's Fight with the Giants — Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872. The thunder god in his chariot drawn by goats, hammer Mjölnir raised against the jötnar.
Thor, the Thunder God — Johannes Gehrts, c. 1900. The frontispiece to the Edda retold: red hair, lightning-wrapped hammer, belt of strength.
Thor Fishing for Jörmungandr — Illustration from Rydberg's Teutonic Mythology, 1906. The thunder god hooks the World Serpent, and the earth trembles.
Skrymir and Thor — Louis Huard, 1900. The giant Utgarða-Loki's servant towers over the thunder god in the land of illusions.
Thor Destroys Thrym — Illustration from Rydberg's Teutonic Mythology, 1906. Mjölnir returns, and the giants fall.
