God · Norse
Thor
Thor, a god of the Norse world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: norse
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Hercules | Tacitus, Germania 3 and 9, 98 CE | Tacitus's German Hercules is usually taken to be Donar, perhaps for his hammer and club. |
| identified as Jupiter | Weekday name Thursday (dies Iovis); Adam of Bremen 4.26, c. 1075 | Thursday, Thor's day, translates Jupiter's day; Adam of Bremen says Thor with his mace looks like Jupiter. |
| shares descent with Perkunas | Proto-Indo-European *Perkwunos, thunderer (western branches) | Baltic Perkunas and Germanic Thor are listed among the reflexes of the oak-and-thunder god. |
| shares descent with Taranis | Common thunder-word *tonaros | Germanic *Thunaraz and Celtic Taranus may both come from an old word for thunder. |