Þórr's Throne Room

Þórr's Throne Room

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Gods and Goddesses

Frigg (non.) Frigg (en.) The wife of Óðinn and the mother of Baldr.
Óðinn (non.) Odin (en.) The chief god of the Æsir in The Prose Edda. However, in Heimskringla he was a mortal who tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he was a god.
Þórr (non.) Thor (en.) In the Prose Edda, Þórr is the son of Óðinn and the giantess Jörð. However, in Heimskringla, he is a mortal.

Source Materials:

Atland Eller Manheim... Olaus Rudbecks Atlantica: Svenska Originalteksten (sv.). In this book, Olaus tries to prove that Sweden is the lost Atlantis, the cradle of civilization, and that Swedish was the language from which Hebrew and Latin had evolved.

Source Persons

Rudbeck, Olaus b. 1618
d. 1682
Nationality: Swedish
Occupation: scholar, historian, runologist
Residence: Uppsala, Sweden
Olaus tried to prove that Sweden was the lost Atlantis, the cradle of civilization, and that Swedish was the language from which Hebrew and Latin had evolved.