Thor is always been prey by the working man for his strength and also he has always been symbolize as the god that protect the human from danger and giant size monsters. Thor is also always been characterized by his ability of his immense strength for he is the only person who is able to lift the mighty hammer name "Mjolnir" because his hammer is believe and been said that it is forged by one of the greatest dwarf black smith using a magical dwarf rune steel and also been enchanted with god powers and its proves to be very heavy only a strength of a mighty and honorable god can lift it. Some say he also somehow have some associations to one of the Roman god that is known as Jupiter.
There are also a lot of stories about Thor stories are usually have something to do with his strength and skill and always been a hero to save mankind from evil by fighting bravely with huge and creepy monsters, much like the Famous Greek Hero son of Zeus Hercules a demi god who also have the power of super human strength like Thor himself.
In Norse mythology Thor also have a quite few number of names some call him as the husband of the golden haired goddess Sif, is the lover of Jotunn, Jarnsaxa, and also always has been described as the fierce eyed, red haired and bearded god. Some also say that Thor is the father of the battle goddess named Valkyrie, Magni and Mooi, and also sometimes been called the stepfather of the god name Ullr. The most famous and most people knowned about Thor is that he is the son of the god the almighty Odin, and he has been send by his father to defend Midgard that is earth.
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