Thor by Emil Doepler 1905
"Thor has two he-goats, that are called Tooth-Gnasher and Tooth-Gritter, and a chariot wherein he drives, and the he-goats draw the chariot; therefore is he called Öku-Thor.[3] He has also three things of great price: one is the hammer Mjöllnir, which the Rime-Giants and the Hill-Giants know, when it is raised on high; and that is no wonder, it has bruised many a skull among their fathers or their kinsmen. He has a second costly thing, best of all: the girdle of might; and when he clasps it about him, then the godlike
strength within him is increased by half. Yet a third thing he has, in
which there is much virtue: his iron gloves; he cannot do without them
when he uses his hammer-shaft. But no one is so wise that he can tell
all his mighty works; yet I can tell thee so much tidings of him that
the hours would be spent before all that I know were told."
3. According to Cleasby-Vigfússon, a popular etymology. "Öku is not to be derived from áka (to drive), but is rather of Finnish origin, Ukko being the Thunder-God of the Chudic tribes." Jónsson, however, allows Snorri's etymology to stand.]"
-Gylfaginning, Chapter 21
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| Emil Doepler illustration from Walhall: Die Götterwelt der Germanen (The Gods of the Teutons) 1905 |
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