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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  4. Magni and Modi

Magni and Modi

Magni and Modi were the two sons of Thor and the giantess Jarnsaxa (Iarnsaxa, "Ironwood").

Magni's strength almost matched that of his father. Magni was given the horse called Gullfaxi, "Golden Mane", when he rescued his father from the frost giant Hrungnir. See Giant of Clay.

Apart from his association with his father (Thor) and brother Magni, and that he survived Ragnarok, not much is known about Modi. Magni and Modi survived Ragnarök, inheriting their father's hammer, Mjollnir. Modi appeared to be both a poet and a warrior, in the kennings found in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda.

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Name

Magni ("Mighty").

Modi.

Sources

Prose Edda was written by Snorri Sturluson.

Vafthrudnismal (Vafthrudnir's Sayings) from the Poetic Edda.

Hymiskvida from the Poetic Edda.

Harbardzljod from the Poetic Edda.

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Thor.

Giant of Clay, Ragnarök.

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Aesir:

  • • Odin
  • • Ve (Lodur)
  • • Vili (Hœnir)
  • • Thor
  • • Tyr
  • • Njörd
  • • Freyr (Lord)
  • • Heimdall
  • • Loki
  • • Ull
  • • Bragi
  • • Forseti
  • • Vidar
  • • Vali
  • • Balder
  • • Höd
  • • Hermod
  • • Mimir
  • • Magni and Modi
  • • Frigg
  • • Freyja (Lady)
  • • Sif
  • • Idun
  • • Jörd (Fjörgyn)
  • • Rind
  • • Gefjon
  • • Fulla
  • • Thrud
  • • Sol and Moon
  • • Other Asyniur
  • • Aegir
  • • Ran
  • • Nott
  • • Hel
  • • Norns
Thor

Thor

God of thunder and lightning. Thor was the son of Odin and the giantess Jörd (Jord), Fjörgyn (Fjorgyn) or Hlódyn (goddess of the earth). In the Harbaardzljod from the Poetic Edda , Thor told Harbard (Odin in disguise as a ferryman) that he had a b...

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Jarnsaxa

Jarnsaxa

Giantess. Jarnsaxa or Iarnsaxa was the mother of Magni and Modi , by the Aesir Thor . Not much is known about Jarnsaxa, except that she was Sif's rival for Thor's love. All references to Jarnsaxa have to do with either Thor being her lover or Magn...

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Hrungnir

Hrungnir

Hrungnir was a giant from Griotunagardar, frontier of Giantland. He was considered to be the strongest giant in the world. His head and heart was made of stone. Hrungnir owned a horse called Gullfaxi ("Golden Mane"), the fastest horse in the Giant...

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Thor

Thor

Thor: the Hammer Wielder Thor, god of thunder and lightning, was one of the most famous gods in Norse mythology. He was so famous because he was a fierce warrior and because he yielded the hammer, Mjölnir . Thor had the power to command the weathe...

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Modsognir and Durin

Modsognir and Durin

Modsognir ("frenzy-roarer") and Durin ("sleepy") were the first two dwarves who were created by the gods. They were originally maggots that fed from the flesh of the giant Ymir . These two dwarves became the first ancestors of the dwarves. The Vol...

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Vidar

Vidar

Vidar was the son of Odin and the giantess Grid "peace". Vidar was known as the silent god or silent As, because he rarely talked. Vidar was thesecond strongest As after Thor . Vidar lived in Brushwood. Brushwood was either the name of his hall or...

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Thrym

Thrym

Giant. Thrym ("crash") was the ruler of the giants in Jötunheim (Jotunheim). He stole Mjollnir, the magical hammer of Thor . Loki found out from the giants that Thrym would return the hammer to Thor, if he was allowed to marry Freyja . It was Thor...

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Giant of Clay

Giant of Clay

Odin encountered the giant Hrungnir at Griotunagardar (frontier of Giantland), where he told the frost-giant there was no better horse in Giantland than his own ( Sleipnir ). Angry at this challenge, Hrungnir pursued Odin on his own horse Gullfaxi...

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Loki

Loki

God of fire. Loki (Lopt) was the son of the giant Fárbautia (Farbautia, "Cruel-Striker") and the giantess Laufey ("Tree Island") or Nal. Loki was a brother of Byleist and Helblindi. Loki was married to Sigyn, he was father of Narfi (Narvi) and Val...

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Vali

Vali

Vali was the son of Odin and the giantess Rind . (Vali should not be confused with the son of Loki and Sigyn, who also was named Vali). When his half-brother Höd (Hod) killed Vali's other half-brother Balder , Rind gave birth to Vali on that very ...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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