Thor, an epic haiku

Okay, this is totally excessive but this is made up of 17 haiku in 5-7-5 of which there are five haiku in the first part, seven in the second part and five in the last part.

Thor, God of thunder,
The son of Odin and Jörd,
Red-Haired and Bearded.

With Mjöllnir you crush
Mountains and your enemies;
Unfailing, always.

With iron gauntlets
You heft the silver hammer;
Chase away the frost.

Your strength is doubled
When you strap about your waist
The belt megingjörð.

In the black skies with
Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder;
Call forth the spring winds.


Once, mighty Thor was
Outwitted by a giant,
Using his magic.

Racing Thought itself
Against his fastest servant;
Nothing can beat thought.

Loki couldn’t win
In a contest to out eat
A wild fire.

Lifting a cat’s paw,
The Midgard Serpent’s disguise;
An impressive deed.

A horn of ocean
Thor was unable to drain;
He started the tides.

Thor wrestled Elli,
The woman who was Old Age
Down to just one knee.

Humiliated:
He had done tremendous deeds;
Worthy warrior-god.



It was he who chased
Away the frost and called forth
Gentle winds, spring rains,

To release the earth
To unclench the fist of snow,
The bondage of ice.

Now come Ragnarök
When the fire giants will
Set aflame the world,

The world tree shudders
The sun becomes black and the
Sea subsumes the earth

Thor will meet his death
Defeating the great serpent;
Dead from the venom.