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We have decided that we are going to make ourselves a Thor's hammer tattoo. Without a doubt it is a fantastic weapon, heavy, cool and with magical powers, a lot of tradition and ...
And a doubt assails us. Are we inspired by the hammer of the classic Thor, the hero of mythology scandinavian, or in the superhero Thor? We hope to help you with this article!
The history of mjolnir, the original hammer
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Let's first look at the most classic hammer, the one that drinks from northern mythology. Says the legend (well, the Prosaic edda, an Icelandic handbook of ancient poetics) that mjolnir It was a gift from Loki to Thor. It turns out that Loki, in one of his crazy pranks, cut the hair of Sif, Thor's wife. After a lot of back and forth (and a new wig for Sif), Loki embarks on a bet with some dwarves to see who forges better. One of the resulting wonders is the hammer.
It is very interesting that the hammer was used for many years as a protection amulet, and that, with the arrival of Christianity, what was shaped like a hammer was transformed into a cross.
Thor's other hammer
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A Thor's hammer tattoo, on the other hand, can be inspired by the other mjolnir, that is to say, the one of the Marvel comics. As is customary in the house, it is possible to find several origin stories for this magical hammer that can only be worn by noblemen at heart. The first is exactly the same as that of the Norse legend that we have just told.
Another story tells that the hammer was actually created from uru, a magical metal in which Odin captured a storm large like a galaxy. The storm is what gives the hammer its destructive power. And in yet another Marvel story, it is Odin who asks the dwarves to forge the hammer using the heart of a star.
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