double-headed axe, thunderstones, red and white colors, ram, crown
symbols
hammer Mjolnir, belt Megingjord, iron gloves, goats, red beard
Sango, Xango, Chango
also called
Donar, Thunder God
Where they meet
Both are gods of thunder, lightning.
Where they part
Shango alone
fire, justice, kingship
Thor alone
strength, protection, storms
How each was worshipped
Shango
Cult sites: Koso at Oyo, Thunder houses in the diaspora.
Festivals: Sango festival at Oyo.
Double axe, ram, and red-and-white. Possession is loud. Oyo's royal thunder is not a metaphor; the drums mean it.
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.
Shango
African Traditions
The Orisha of thunder, lightning, and fire. Shango was once a mortal king of Oyo who became deified after death.
Shango began as a mortal man who became the fourth king of the Oyo Empire. A powerful ruler who could summon lightning, he was elevated to divine status by his devoted followers after his death.
Shango occupies a unique position among the Orishas as a deified human king. According to tradition, he was the fourth Alaafin (king) of the Oyo Empire, one of West Africa's most powerful states.
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.