Talk:Valkyrie/@comment-212.219.73.101-20140506093212/@comment-71.28.60.27-20140506180648

Odin was the All-Father, also sometimes called the Gallows God. The latter sobriquet was taken so seriously that from time to time, worshippers would make human sacrifice to Odin by hanging. Odin was also not just the ruler of Valhalla but all Asgard, and, thus, the Æsir.

As mentioned above, Thor was the god of thunder, and one of the sons of Odin.