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From what I understand, Thor does not accompany the gods who travel across Bifröst. Instead, he wades through the rivers Körmt and Örmt when traveling to and from Asgard. … Contemporary artwork on the subject seem to suggest this. …

I know Marvel's Thor uses an axe (Jarnbjorn) and sword (Odinsword) in the comics, but an acquaintance of mine insists that the Thor of the norse Mythology also used them. … I couldn't find any source that explicitly mentions Thor using such weapons. Is there a source claiming Thor used an axe and/or sword in the Norse Mythology? …

(It's been a veeeeeeeery long time since I read the comics, but in the recent films he flies by holding onto Mjolnir's strap or handle, and is pulled along into the air by the hammer itself.) … But my recollections of the Eddas are of Thor doing a lot of walking, and he even seems to slow down Odin and Loki, both expert shapeshifters, when they need Thor's companionship pending confrontations …

I often hear of a story of Loki taking Mjölnir away from Thor and selling it to giants. … Thor then gets angry and makes Loki join him in wearing wedding dresses to enter the giants place unnoticed to get it back. …

What examples are there of the kinds of offerings that were made to Thor? …

In the Marvel universe, the character of Thor is able to pass his abilities from one person to another via the Mjollnir; whoever can wield the Mjollnir can use the powers of Thor. … Furthermore, the name Thor is treated as a title in the Marvel universe; whoever wields the Mjollnir is named "Thor". To what degree is this portrayal accurate to the Norse mythological source? …

the mighty God and lightning bolts. … Did the norseman believed that Thor, during the Viking Age, was really a storm-related God or was it a belief that vinished through time and is reserved to *Þunraz? …

Full disclosure, this question relates to the Marvel Comics conception of Thor going mano a mano with the Incredible Hulk, and taking some pretty big hits, including repeated hulkian punches to the face … Strange converts it to a huge mug of beer, Thor, very casually, nearly drains it in one go, and the mug magically refills, clearly a reference to the third ríma of the Lokrur. …

This is something Marvel's Thor does all the time: So I was wondering: Has Thor/Mjolnir ever done anything like this in actual Norse mythology? …

Before you automatically downvote this question, I highly suggest reading this article: Thor vs. Odin. … The article background covers the relationship of Thor and Odin, and reveals that things are not as straight forward as is commonly believed: The name of one king there was Munon or Mennon. …

But still, Mjölnir is clearly faulty, which is supported by this quote from The Prose Edda, translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916): Then he gave the hammer to Thor, and said that Thor might … So, why and how did the brothers won the bet when the hammer is clearly faulty? On what criterion is the quality/bet gauged? …

Conway references the tale in passing in the introduction to his “Demonology and Devil-lore”: The fable of Thor’s attempt to drink up a small spring, and his failure because it was fed by the ocean … Do we know of a fuller version of the story? What prompted Thor to attempt to drink up a spring? …

The God Thor, in many stories I have been exposed to, has a hammer called Mjölnir that provides superpowers. In some versions of stories the powers are stronger then a God alone. …

But, when the Mjölnir is given to Thor, its properties are described: Then he gave the hammer to Thor, and said that Thor might smite as hard as he desired, whatsoever might be before him, and the … It says nothing of the "worthiness" of the weilder. Is there any significant evidence in Norse mythology about the Mjölnir and the worthiness of its user? …

Or were they seen more as folklore, like, for example, Holger Danske or St George and the Dragon? …