Thor
Old Norse Þórr,
Old English Đunor
Old High German Donar
Proto-Germanic Þunraz
“Thunder”
The Famous Painting by The Swedish Artist Mårten Eskil Winge depicts the Norse god Thor in a battle against the Jötnar. The Thunder God rides his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, wears his belt Megingjörð and swings his hammer Mjölnir. The painting was made using oil on canvas, has the dimensions 484 x 333 centimeters and belongs to Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Mårten Eskil Winge was a Swedish artist specialized in history and Norse mythology paintings. Winge was strongly influenced by his compatriot the Romantic painter Nils Johan Olsson Blommér.
It’s evident how history and mythology are here blended to construct a new kind of a secular national religion. Even though Winge’s chainmail and clothing looked more realistic than on history paintings from the beginning of the century his work was never about realism.
Winge was taught at the Cathedral School in Uppsala, where the old temple to the Nordic Gods had been located before it was destroyed by christians. This likely had a strong influence on his work.
( Mirrored from our Brother @ Faces of Ancient Europe Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/FacesofAncientEurope )
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