Asatru Folk Assembly - November 02, 2023


Thor is my Friend (Academy Storytime)


Episode Stats


Length

8 minutes

Words per minute

94.32345

Word count

807

Sentence count

56

Harmful content

Hate speech

3

sentences flagged


Summary

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Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, welcome to Storytime with the Awesome True Academy.
00:00:26.400 My name's Nick. Now, I know I'm not Uncle Timmy, and I know it's been a while, but we're back,
00:00:33.100 and we're going to be reading some stories, okay? So right now, we're going to read a story about
00:00:37.760 Thor. Have you ever heard of him? All right, so let's get this story going. We'll read it,
00:00:45.540 and we'll see how you like it, okay? Now, first, let's do a magic trick. You want to see me get
00:00:53.660 really really small all right can you say one two three ready one two three and now can you find me
00:01:08.500 hey i'm down here hi i'm really tiny all right so thor is my friend this is a picture book for
00:01:18.900 Asatru children like you.
00:01:21.420 And it's by folk builder Jim Cummings. 0.62
00:01:24.560 Jim lives in Illinois.
00:01:26.300 Now, have any of you guys been to Illinois before?
00:01:29.200 Let me know.
00:01:33.100 Thor is one of the most important gods.
00:01:37.140 He is the first son of Odin and his wife, Frigga.
00:01:43.240 Thor is the strongest of all the gods.
00:01:47.100 He uses his great power to fight against the forces of evil, like the giants, and protect humans.
00:01:58.480 Thor has a weapon, a mighty hammer, Mjolnir.
00:02:05.420 Mjolnir. Mjolnir. Can you say that? Mjolnir.
00:02:10.220 With this weapon, he has crushed many evil enemies.
00:02:15.460 We wear pendants representing Mjolnir to show our dedication to Thor and all the gods.
00:02:26.120 Thor is married to the goddess Sif.
00:02:30.420 Sif is known for her beautiful golden hair.
00:02:35.320 We think of Thor as the god of thunder and storms and rain.
00:02:41.760 Well, Sif is an earth goddess.
00:02:44.900 The fields of grain we might see growing on a farm remind us of her hair.
00:02:53.340 Thor's reins help to grow the grain from Sif's earth.
00:03:00.980 In Asgard, where the gods live, Thor has his own land that he rules.
00:03:08.640 This is called Thrudvang.
00:03:11.060 and through the vang Thor has a great hall now a hall is kind of like a house
00:03:18.980 the hall is called through the high the Lord tells us that Thor has a great
00:03:30.020 chariot that he rides across the heavens and also into battle against his
00:03:37.180 enemies the chariot is pulled by two powerful goats in english these goats are named teeth
00:03:47.420 snarler and teeth grinder besides his hammer his chariot and goats and his great hall and
00:03:59.580 Thrudvang, Thor has another treasure. This is his magical belt. Now it's very hard to say,
00:04:08.520 so let's sound it out. Meging Yard. Meging Yard. When he buckles on his belt, it makes him two
00:04:26.960 times stronger. Thor has two sons, Magni and Modi. They are strong like their father and help him in
00:04:41.880 his adventures and battles. Now, do you ever help your mother or father out? Do they help you let
00:04:48.740 you do some stuff? Let me know. I really want to know how you guys help. It's fun.
00:04:53.700 Dor and Sif also have a daughter. Their daughter's name is Thrud. Thrud is a Valkyrie.
00:05:04.820 The Valkyries are special helpers for Odin and bring fallen warriors to him to live in Valhalla.
00:05:14.500 Thor is always strong and brave.
00:05:24.240 No matter how scary or big his enemies are, he stands up to them and he defeats them.
00:05:32.540 Hrungnir was the biggest and strongest of the evil giants. 0.75
00:05:38.300 One day, when Thor was away, Hrungnil traveled to Asgard and threatened and insulted all the gods.
00:05:51.100 He was especially mean to Our Lady Threya and Thor's wife, Sif. 0.87
00:05:58.240 When Thor came home, Hrungnil ran away to the land of the giants, Jotunheim.
00:06:06.560 In Jotunheim, he knew that he would have all the other giants to help him fight Thor.
00:06:16.120 To avenge the god's honor, Thor chased Thrunnir to Jotunheim.
00:06:24.840 In Jotunheim, even with all the help the other evil giants tried to give Thrunnir,
00:06:33.160 Thor fought him and killed him.
00:06:36.560 Like all our gods, part of Thor lives inside you.
00:06:45.360 You are also a child of Odin.
00:06:48.660 When you have to be strong or deal with something scary,
00:06:53.940 think of Thor and remember, he is with you and draw on his strength.
00:07:03.720 Okay, we ready for me to get big again?
00:07:06.120 that's our story one two three yay all right everybody so that's the story of thor and a bit
00:07:19.800 about him now if you have any questions make sure to ask your mommy or daddy and if they have any
00:07:26.180 questions tell them now come ask us we'll be happy to help and then um just a couple days and i'll
00:07:33.360 have you another story out, okay? Next time, we'll be talking about where we come from. Do you know?
00:07:39.740 Do you have any ideas? Why don't you talk about it, and we'll see if you're right, okay?
00:07:45.360 Well, until next time, bye!
00:08:03.360 We'll be right back.