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ID: 300265347
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300265347

 

Record Type: concept
Thor's hammers (amulets) (costume accessories, costume (mode of fashion), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Carved or cast objects depicting the pre-Christian Norse symbol representing the god Thor's hammer, particularly related to the manufacture of lightning. Usually takes the shape of an inverted "T" or a swastika.
 
Terms:
Thor's hammers (amulets) (preferred,C,U,,English-P,D,U,PN)
Thor's hammer (amulet) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
Thor-hamers (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
marteaux de Thor (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
marteau de Thor (C,U,French,UF,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PE

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Costume (hierarchy name)
........ Costume (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of costume (mode of fashion)
............ costume (mode of fashion) (G)
Hierarchy of costume accessories
................ costume accessories (G)
Hierarchy of Thor's hammers (amulets)
.................... Thor's hammers (amulets) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Voorchristelijk Noormannensymbool dat als amulet werd gedragen. Het stelt de hamer van de god Thor voor, met name in relatie tot het maken van bliksem. Heeft meestal de vorm van een omgekeerde 'T'. 

Related concepts:
used/function as ....  amulets
..............................  (<object genres by function>, object genres (object classifications), Object Genres (hierarchy name)) [300266585]

Sources and Contributors:
marteau de Thor............  [VP]
.............................  BHA, Authority file (2003-) accessed 16 March 2005
marteaux de Thor............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Thor-hamers............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
Thor's hammer (amulet)............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Thor's hammers (amulets)............  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  Batey et al., Cultural Atlas of the Viking World (1994) 114
.........................................  BHA, Authority file (2003-) accessed 16 March 2005
.........................................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) "Romanesque, metalwork: Scandinavia." accessed 23 March 2005
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  Batey et al., Cultural Atlas of the Viking World (1994) 114
............  BHA, Authority file (2003-) accessed 16 March 2005
............  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) "Romanesque, metalwork: Scandinavia." accessed 23 March 2005
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Batey et al., Cultural Atlas of the Viking World (1994) 114
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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