Odin and Thor are recorded in a parent-and-child line within the Norse Pantheon.
At a glance
Norse Pantheon
tradition
Norse Pantheon
wisdom, war, death, poetry, magic, knowledge
domains
thunder, lightning, strength, protection, storms
spear Gungnir, ravens Huginn and Muninn, eight-legged horse Sleipnir, wolves Geri and Freki, one eye
symbols
hammer Mjolnir, belt Megingjord, iron gloves, goats, red beard
Allfather, Woden, Wotan, The Wanderer
also called
Donar, Thunder God
Where they meet
The atlas records no shared domain or symbol between them. What connects them is elsewhere: Odin and Thor are recorded in a parent-and-child line within the Norse Pantheon.
Where they part
Odin alone
wisdom, war, death, poetry, magic, knowledge
Thor alone
thunder, lightning, strength, protection, storms
How each was worshipped
Odin
Cult sites: Temple at Uppsala (Adam of Bremen), with Thor and Freyr, No surviving named stave-church equivalent; mounds, trees, and halls.
Festivals: Yule, Sacrifices for victory (sigurblót).
Hanged god, poetry, and the war-dead. Wednesday keeps his name. Uppsala tradition put him with Thor and Freyr. Spear, ravens, and the high seat are the cult signs; evidence is later and Christian-filtered, and should be read that way.
Thor
Cult sites: Uppsala temple beside Odin and Freyr, Wayside hammers and holy oaks more than a single great fane.
Festivals: Thursday observances, Hammer-blessings of marriages and land.
The most popular of the North's gods in the settlement period. Miniature hammers, Thursday, and oak. He fights giants and blesses the farm. Adam puts him in the high seat at Uppsala; farmers put him over the door.
Odin
Norse Pantheon
King of the Aesir and god of wisdom, war, and death. Odin sacrificed his eye at Mimir's well for wisdom and hung himself on Yggdrasil for nine days to learn the runes.
Odin is the son of the primordial beings Borr and Bestla. Along with his brothers Vili and Ve, he slew the giant Ymir and created the world from his body.
Odin is the chief of the Aesir, a relentless seeker of wisdom. He sacrificed his eye to Mimir's Well for knowledge and hung himself from Yggdrasil for nine nights to discover the runes.
Son of Odin and the earth goddess Jord. God of thunder, lightning, and storms. Protector of mankind and the gods, wielding the mighty hammer Mjolnir.
Thor was born to Odin, the Allfather, and Jord, the personification of the earth itself. This union of sky and earth made Thor one of the mightiest beings in existence. From birth, he displayed incredible strength - as an infant, he could lift ten loads of bearskins. He grew quickly into the powerful protector of both gods and mortals. He married Sif, the golden-haired goddess, and with her had a daughter named Thrud. With the giantess Jarnsaxa, he fathered Magni and Modi, who will inherit Mjolnir after Ragnarok.
Thor is the defender of Asgard and Midgard, wielding the mighty hammer **Mjolnir**. Unlike the cunning Odin, Thor is straightforward, strong, and short-tempered, but fiercely loyal.