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'''Thor's Hammer''', called '''Mjolnir''' (also '''Mjölnir''' or '''Mjöllnir''') is a powerful weapon belonging to the Norse god [[Thor]]. Legend holds that he who wields the hammer has the power to smash mountains into valleys and the strength to destroy even the gods. For more than a thousand years it has existed only as a myth, until Lara sets out to find it. | '''Thor's Hammer''', called '''Mjolnir''' (also '''Mjölnir''' or '''Mjöllnir''') is a powerful weapon belonging to the Norse god [[Thor]]. Legend holds that he who wields the hammer has the power to smash mountains into valleys and the strength to destroy even the gods. For more than a thousand years it has existed only as a myth, until Lara sets out to find it. | ||
| − | To wield it, Thor needed a special pair of [[Thor's Gauntlet|iron gauntlets]] that made him strong enough for its weight and a belt that doubled his godlike | + | To wield it, Thor needed a special pair of [[Thor's Gauntlet|iron gauntlets]] that made him strong enough for its weight and a belt that doubled his godlike strength. Lara finds the first gauntlet in the Mediterranean, the second one was located on Thailand, but was taken by Richard Croft to England, the belt was in southern Mexico and the hammer in Jan Mayen Island. |
Lara's main objective with the hammer is to use it as a key to Helheim, later in the game she goes force Natla to tell her where Helheim is and then finish her off with the hammer, however it had to wait as only the gods such as herself knew the rituals to open Helheim. | Lara's main objective with the hammer is to use it as a key to Helheim, later in the game she goes force Natla to tell her where Helheim is and then finish her off with the hammer, however it had to wait as only the gods such as herself knew the rituals to open Helheim. | ||
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Revision as of 11:24, 25 September 2009
Thor's Hammer, called Mjolnir (also Mjölnir or Mjöllnir) is a powerful weapon belonging to the Norse god Thor. Legend holds that he who wields the hammer has the power to smash mountains into valleys and the strength to destroy even the gods. For more than a thousand years it has existed only as a myth, until Lara sets out to find it.
To wield it, Thor needed a special pair of iron gauntlets that made him strong enough for its weight and a belt that doubled his godlike strength. Lara finds the first gauntlet in the Mediterranean, the second one was located on Thailand, but was taken by Richard Croft to England, the belt was in southern Mexico and the hammer in Jan Mayen Island.
Lara's main objective with the hammer is to use it as a key to Helheim, later in the game she goes force Natla to tell her where Helheim is and then finish her off with the hammer, however it had to wait as only the gods such as herself knew the rituals to open Helheim.
In the end, Lara throws the hammer onto Natla, causing her and the hammer to fall off from the ledge into the blue Eitr river.
A giant representation of Thor's Hammer is seen in the original Tomb Raider, in St. Francis Folly, in a room dedicated to Thor. (In the remake, Tomb Raider Anniversary this room is dedicated to the Greek god Hephaestus.) The hammer can and, in order to complete the level, must be brought down by Lara. She needs to stand on a square below till it creaks and comes falling down. Upon hitting the square Lara stood on, it will make two movable stone blocks appear.
