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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Thor's Hammerwurf
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Thor stand am Mitternachtende der Welt,
Die Streitaxt warf er, die schwere:
»So weit der sausende Hammer fällt,
Sind mein das Land und die Meere!« –

Und es flog der Hammer aus seiner Hand,
Flog über die ganze Erde,
Fiel nieder an fernsten Südens Rand,
Daß alles sein eigen werde.

Seitdem ist's freudig Germanenrecht,
Mit dem Hammer Land zu erwerben:
Wir sind von des Hammergottes Geschlecht
Und wollen sein Weltreich erben.

Text Authorship:

  • by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), "Thors Hammerwurf" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Thor's Hammerwurf", op. 30 (Drei Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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