Asatru Folk Assembly - November 02, 2023


Thor is my Friend (Academy Storytime)

Topics
thor's strength and adventures
Hosted by
Steve McNallen
Mentioned
Thor Mjolnir Hrungnil Thrunnir Jim Cummings Uncle Tom Valhalla Frigga Magni Thrud
Speaking with Intent (from VNS Episode 13) Our Glorious Gythias (from VNS Episode 14)

Episode Stats


Length

8 minutes

Words per minute

94.32

Word count

807

Sentence count

69

Harmful content

Hate speech

3

sentences flagged


Summary

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Thor is the first son of Odin and his wife, Frigga. Thor is the strongest of all the gods and uses his great power to fight against the forces of evil, like the giants, and protect humans. Thor has a weapon, a mighty hammer, called "Mjolnir". With this weapon, he has crushed many evil enemies. He is married to the goddess Sif and they have a daughter named Thrud.

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.