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Tor's Fight with the Giants
According to Norse mythology, thunder and lightning occur when the Æsir god Thor is angered, and so he rides out on his chariot, pulled by the goats Tanngnjóstr and Tanngrisnir, on the hunt for wickedness in the form of the Ettins. In his fight against this race of giants, he swings his hammer Mjöllnir and pulls on his belt of power, Megingjörð, which boosts his power. Psychologically, Thor is qui…
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1872
- 1872
Provenance
- Bequest of Carl XV
Identifier
- NM 1250
- 18253
Extent
- Mått 484 x 333 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1872
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:05.460Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:36.068Z