Thor and Frigg

Thor and Frigg

Frigg and Thor

Brother and sister forever more.

Thunder and cloud

Cloud and thunder

Always together

Even without a sound.

First Asatru Temple in 1,000 Years

  In Iceland an Asatru temple will be built in March in Öskjuhlíd Hill that overlooks the capital of Reykjavik for the first time in 1,000 years. The temple will be circular and will be 350 square meters ( 3,767 square feet) and will house 250 people. The temple will be dug 4 meters (13 feet)  down int the hill, built with a dome on top to let in the sunlight. The sacred numbers of 9 and 432,000 are used in the design. Completion oft he temple is expected to be complete in the summer of 2016.

  Says  Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, high priest of Asatru Association "The sun changes with the seasons so in a way we are having the sun paint the space for us".

  The temple sight was donated by the city of Reykjavik to the Asatru Association but the buildings costs, is  estimated at ISK 130 million ( USD 975,000 EUR 860,000), will be raised by the Association.


  In Iceland Asatru Association has tripled in membership in the last decade to 2,400 members out of a population of 333,000, according to data from Statics of Iceland.

   When the temple is complete Icelandic worshipers (and I assume those that visit Iceland) will be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Odin, Frigg and Thor. The temple will host weddings, and funerals,. The group will also confer names to children and initiate teenagers, similar to other religious communities.


SOURCES:
 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/iceland-temple-norse-gods-1000-years?CMP=share_btn_fb

http://icelandreview.com/news/2015/01/30/asatru-temple-be-built-reykjavik

Thorsday Thursday #9

  Thor in his chariot being pulled by his goats, Tangrisnir and Tangnjosyr.

Thorsday Thursday #8

Bengt Erland Fogelberg sculpture of Thor.

Thorsday Thursday #7

Thor's Battle with the Ettins by Swedish artist Marten Eskil Winge in 1872.

Thorsday Thursday #6

 This time Thor is done by Carl Emil Doepler 'the Elder' from his works for Richard Wagner's opera Der Ring de Nibelungen.

Thorsday Thursday #5

Nothing too special or fancy, just a simple and elegant Mjolnir with Thor's name chiseled into it.

Thorsday Thursday #4

For Thor Thursday is a very big and intensely contemplative Thor.

Thorsday Tursday #3

  Sorry, the day is almost gone for me when I just saw this beautiful reminder of Thor Thursday.

  It is a 9th. century C.E. Silver Thor's Hammer  - Bredsatra, Sweden

Thorsday Thursday #2

Last weeks mass posting tired me out a bit. I guess it was all of that adrenalin I had going through me when I was discovering and deciphering , what is new for me, the Viking mythology. Of course the two most common Norse gods I have heard of are Odin and Thor, when doing a crossword puzzle I have to make sure I have at least one letter so I will know which one to write.

  With that I give to you this weeks Thor Thursday. It is a bronze Norse god statuette replica of Thor from the Jelly Dragon.

Thorsday Thursday

  I don't know how many of you have ever heard of Thorin Thursday. This is a day devoted to Thorin Oakenshield whether it is because of the book The Hobbit  or like me and  others are fans of Richard Armitage and therefore fans of Thorin. 

  Anyway, in the last few days the thought of Thorin Thursday has put the idea of a THOR Thursday, which makes sense considering Thursday was named for Thor. So in honor of his day I give to you Thor Thursday.

Thor Captures  the Dragon