He is pictured as a middle-aged man with long curly hair and a beard.
He is often accompanied by two ravens, Hugin and Munin.
His attendants, called the Valkyrie, carried the dead warriors to their burial place in Valhalla in Asgard, the city of Heaven.Thor was the son of Odin & Freya.
He produces thunder with his hammer, called Mjolnir, which means "The Destroyer".
This hammer was made by dwarfs, and would magically return to Thor's hand whenever he needed it.
Thor was described as a tall, muscular man with red hair and a beard. His magic belt could double his incredible strength, while his iron gloves protected his hands.
His biggest enemy was the World Serpent, which lived in the ocean surrounding Midgard, the Earth.
The Norse people lived from about A.D. 200 to 500 in northern Europe and Scandinavia.
After A.D. 700, the Norse migrated in search of new lands, settling in parts of the British Isles, Iceland, Greenland and East into Russia.
From this period on, the Norse are known as Vikings.
