id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 46118 Craigie, William A. (William Alexander), Sir The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia .txt text/plain 16736 701 69 THE GREAT GODS: THOR AND ODIN THE GREAT GODS: THOR AND ODIN hold local assemblies on the day named after the god; in Iceland this god, on which account he was called Thorolf (=_Thor-wolf_). The prominent place held by the worship of Thor in the old religion is Having thus made the position of Thor among the Scandinavian gods evidence for a general worship of Odin in Norway or Iceland. if they reached Sweden, or to Thor and Odin if they got to Iceland.' temple, image, or special priest of Odin in any part of Iceland. this view Thor was originally the chief god, and to a certain extent to Frey's temple, taking with him an old ox, and addressed the god the heathen gods.' The prominence here given to sacred places appears Images of Thor are also frequently referred to in the Icelandic sagas. ./cache/46118.txt ./txt/46118.txt