Norse · No. 082
Thor's Thundering Chariot
Real myth
When it rolls across the clouds, men call it thunder.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 2350
- DEF
- 2000
- Level
- 7
- Type
- Machine
- Element
- Thunder
- Constellations
- Wisp · Hammer
The myth
Thor does not ride like the other gods: he travels in a wagon drawn by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. Snorri says he crosses the sky in it, which is why he is called Ǫku-Þórr, Wagon-Thor. In the traditional view, the rumble of its wheels over the clouds was thunder itself. In Þrymskviða, when Thor sets out to recover Mjölnir, the mountains split and the earth burns with fire as he passes. The wagon also carries the god on his journeys to Jötunheimr, the land of the giants.
Why it has this power
A level 7 Rare, reached only by fusing Tanngrisnir with any Machine: the goat gains its wagon. ATK 2350 and DEF 2000 make it the strongest Machine in the fjord. Thunder element, under the Wisp, the flash, and the Hammer, its owner's weapon. Thunder on wheels.
Did you know
A common etymology links the Swedish word for thunder, åska, to an old expression meaning the god's wagon-drive.
Connections
- Born from the fusion of: Tanngrisnir, the Thunder Goat + Machine
Where to get it
- Born from the fusion of: Tanngrisnir, the Thunder Goat + Machine
- It never joins the collection: you summon it mid-duel, by fusion or ritual.
Sources
- Tanngnjost og Tanngrisne — Store norske leksikon
- Thor — Joshua J. Mark
- The Prose Edda: Gylfaginning — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)