The best source for stories about Thor is the Prose Edda, compiled by the Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson in the Thirteenth Century.

关于托尔的故事写得最好的是《散文埃达》，于 13 世纪由冰岛历史学家斯诺里·斯特鲁森编辑。

Luckily, Edda, pictured here, was one of the few that was captured on film in Iceland.

RI： 幸运的是， Edda， 如图所示，是为数不多的在冰岛拍摄的电影之一。

When creating the world of Middle-earth, Tolkien was heavily inspired by the myths of old, taking influences from Norse paganism as found in for example the Poetic Edda and the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf.

托尔金创作中洲时深受古神话之启发，受到了文学中的北欧异教的影响，例如《诗体埃达》与盎格鲁-撒克逊史诗《贝奥武夫》。