Thora

Here's Thora (Vinlands Thora).

Thora = patient, reserved, poised.

In the Norse religion Thora was the wife of Ragnar Loðbrók and the daughter of Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland.

Thora is the feminine form of Thor [Þor], the hammer wielding god of thunder [Þunraz]. Thor is the red haired and bearded son of Odinn and Frigg. Thor's wife is golden haired Sif. We get the name Thursday from Thor's day.

Thora's father gave her a small lindworm that grew into a serpent and encircled her bower. He promised Thora to the man who could slay the serpent. Ragnar Loðbrók arrived, killed the serpent and married Thora. Ragnar famously wore the hairy breeches whereby he gained his nickname, Loðbrók means hairy breeches. Ragnar went to west Götland and dressed himself in shaggy clothes treated with tar and sand. With his spear he found the serpent which blew poison at him. Ragnar protected himself with his clothes and stuck the spear through the serpent's heart. He then cut off the its head, and married Thora. They had two sons Eiríkr and Agnar.

Thora is a tan shade puppy with double dewclaws on both rear feet. She has a partial Odinn-split-face.

So, what is an Odinn split-face?

In the Norse religion, there are many gods in Asgard, the capital city of the gods surrounded by an incomplete wall. Odinn, the one eyed god, and his wife Frigg rule Asgard. Mimir was the wisest of all the gods in Asgard and guarded a magical well, named Mimir’s Well. Anyone who drinks the water from the well will gain the wisdom of Mimir.

Odin was willing to go to any lengths for a sip of water from Mimir’s Well. When he was offered a chance to drink water from the well in return for an eye, he didn’t hesitate. Odin sacrificed an eye and rejoiced as he drank the water of wisdom.

That is how he ended up not only being the wisest god in Asgard, but also the one-eyed god. Occasionally there are Icelandic sheepdogs born with color (black, tan, yellow, gray, brown) on one half of their face; the other half is white. They are not blind, of course, but because their face has two different colors, they are said to be Odinn-faced.

There are several spellings for the name Odinn. The oldest is Wodanaz. In Old English this became Wodan, Woden or Wodin. (We get the name Wednesday - Wodan's day from Wodan.) Odinn, Odin, Othin, etc. are also common spellings.