Originally posted by Mindship
Two goats drew his chariot across the sky; their names were Tooth-grinder and Toothgnasher. His three magic weapons were the hammer, really a thunderbolt; iron gauntlets with which he handled the hammer-shaft; and a strength-increasing belt, capable of increasing his size by a half. Writing just before 1200, Adam of Bremen described the three gods worshipped in the great temple at Uppsala thus: [B]‘Thor, the mightiest of the three, stands in the centre of the building, with Wodan [Odin] and Fricco on his right and left. Thor, they say, holds the dominion of the air. He rules over thunder and lightning, winds and rain, clear weather and fertility…. When plague or famine threatens, sacrifice is offered to Thor.’http://www.answers.com/topic/thor [/B]
👆 Nice one, but in respect for the other gods different parts of the Norse world held certain gods in high-esteem more than others. For example in Norway Thor was the most popular god. In Sweden Odin was more popular.
During the Germanic period certain tribes had different All-Fathers, for example one tribe would have Tyr as All-Father, another tribe Thor , another one Odin.
Eventhough im trying to give Thor more respect I dont want to say Thor is more powerful than any other gods. All gods are important in different ways, remember the gods are a team and on many occassions Thor has had to take advice and be helped by other gods. Thor could not survive on his own without the help of other gods. Essentially gods are as powerful as you want them to be no god will help you if you are lazy.