Hammer of the Gods may refer to:
Hammer of the Gods (A.K.A. THOR: Hammer of the Gods in Sweden (imdb display title) / USA (complete title)) is a 2009 made-for-TV film, directed by Todor "Toshko" Chapkanov and produced by Jeffery Beach and Phillip J. Roth for the Syfy channel. It tells the story of the thunder god Thor, after he defeated the Midgard Serpent and died, then was reincarnated into a mortal man. Thor, along with his two brothers and friends travel to a mysterious island at Midgard's edge, seeking glory and fame. Upon arriving they encounter strange creatures and they start searching the island for answers. Meanwhile, Thor keeps seeing visions of a mighty warrior and a big hammer and Freyja tells him that his visions are clues. So they start searching for the hammer.
In the opening, a narrator tells us, "...It was unmistakable. A wolf rising its stem and stern. Its sailed dripped blood red. These things served but one purpose, to strike fear and terror into the hearts of any who came across them..." A group of Vikings aboard a ship are headed for the ends of the Earth, which turns out to be a mysterious island. The narrator continues "...Each stroke, each painful breath, they believed it brought them ever closer to the ends of the Earth. But onward they pushed, for the ends of the Earth they sought. Glory, Honor. These things awaited them there. But so did something else..."
Hammer of the Gods is a 2013 British action film directed by Farren Blackburn and released on 5 July 2013. In it, a dying Viking king sends his son on a quest to seek out his older brother, the clan's only hope for defeating an approaching enemy horde.
Britain 871 AD. Young Viking prince Steinar arrives in England with a complement of 500 reserve warriors to combat a Saxon uprising that is crushing the occupying forces led by his father, King Bagsecg. Arriving at his father's camp, Steiner attends a family meeting with his father, his older brother Harold, and their younger half brother Vali, who is disliked by everyone but Steinar for being half Saxon. Absent is Steinar and Harold's older brother Hakan, who has not been seen for over a decade due to a bitter falling out between him and their father, the cause unknown to Steinar.
Bagsecg, who is bed ridden and dying, dreads of leaving the throne to Harold (now next in line due to Hakan's absence) whose insistence that diplomacy being their best option would instead put their clan under English tyranny. He orders Steinar to kill Vali for cowardliness, to test his strength as a leader.
A sudden fear brought to the public eye
We're trading places with the men
Who said we're stronger when we're unified
But now we've come to question all their lies
It's just one great race
To finish first with public gain
We all just waste space
Finding truth in what they say
You point the finger
Who takes the blame?
Who is our leader? Who wants the fame?
Ask the questions and hear the lies
Find the answers
Ignore the noise
We have to think if what we do is right
We hold our enemies to dear
Pretend to stand and be there by their side
But using up the power of their lives
It's just one grey race
Finding truth in what they say
We all just waste space
Finding truth in what they say
You point the finger
Who takes the blame?
Who is our leader? who wants the fame?
Ask the questions and hear the lies
Find the answers