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Figure of Heathenry (Ásatrú)
Thor — the defender.
Thunder as protection: the common folk's god, whose hammer was worn against the new god's cross — and is worn again.
Names & titlesThor — Thunor, Donar
DomainThunder, protection of the common folk
Depicted asThe hammer Mjölnir — worn at the neck then and now
StandingThe most trusted of the gods, then and now
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Thor is the god of the common person: protector of Midgard, killer of giants, associated with thunder, rain, and fertility as much as with combat. Archaeology bears out the popular preference — hammer amulets are far more numerous than any Odin symbol, and they proliferated during the conversion era as a deliberate counterpart to the cross. Modern Heathens wear them for the same reason, and Thor is the god most new practitioners approach first.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
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The family deity, and the goddess at the edge of the village.
Hinduism
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The devas — gods, and beside the point.
Buddhism
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Life is everywhere, and it is graded.
Jainism · core tenet
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The jinn.
Islam
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Everything is qi.
Taoism · core tenet
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Kami inhabit all things.
Shinto · core tenet
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