Key Info

- Thor's legendary hammer which is used both as a weapon and an artifact during religious ceremonies

- It's nearly indestructable, never misses it's target, can level mountains, channel magic, control storms, shoots lightening and will always return to Thor's hand when thrown

Brief Bio

Mjǫllnir is the hammer of Þórr, the Norse god of thunder. Mjǫllnir is depicted in Norse mythology as one of the most fearsome and powerful weapons in existence, capable of leveling mountains. 

In its account of Norse mythology, the Prose Edda relates how the hammer was made by the dwarven brothers Eitri and Brokkr, and how its characteristically short handle was due to a mistake during its manufacture due to Loki's interference while in disquise as a horse fly.

When the hammer is then presented to Þórr, and its properties are described, as follows:

Then he gave the hammer to Thor, and said that Thor might smite as hard as he desired, whatsoever might be before him, and the hammer would not fail; and if he threw it at anything, it would never miss, and never fly so far as not to return to his hand; and if be desired, he might keep it in his sark, it was so small; but indeed it was a flaw in the hammer that the fore-haft was somewhat short.

Similar hammers (Ukonvasara) were a common symbol of the God of thunder in other North European mythologies.