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In Norse mythology, 'Þrúðvangar' (anglicized Thrúdvangar or Thrudvangar) or 'Þrúðvangr' (anglicized Thrúdvang or Thrudvang)^[1] , which means "Plain(s) / Field(s) of strength" in Old Norse, is the home of Thor according to Snorri Sturluson, who mentions them both in his ''Edda'' (''Gylfaginning'', 21, 47; ''Skáldskaparmál'', 17) and in the euhemerized account of the ''Ynglinga saga'' (5):
:"[Thor] has his realm in the place called Thrúdvangar, and his hall is called Bilskirni."
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::—''Gylfaginning'' (21), Brodeur's translation^[2]
But in the Eddic poem ''Grímnismál'' (4), Thor's home is called Þrúðheimr.

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1. The plural ''Þrúðvangar'' is used in three of the four main manuscripts of the ''Prose Edda'', the singular ''Þrúðvangr'' in the ''Codex Upsaliensis'' and in the ''Ynglinga saga''.
2. Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (trans.). 1916. ''Snorri Sturluson: The Prose Edda''. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.