Tor's Fight with the Giants, Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872

The modern swedish word for atmospheric thunder - åska - "the god's ride" - retains the name. That thor caused lightning and thunder was still a living tradition in the countryside when compulsory education started teaching what was known from the eddas. Object Type: painting. Date: 1872. Dimensions: height: 260 mm (10.23 in); width: 327 mm (12.87 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Thor. Collection: Nationalmuseum. Mårten Eskil Winge - Tor's Fight with the Giants - Google Art Project