Thor
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
a medium-range U.S. Air Force ballistic missile developed in the early 1950s and powered by a single liquid-propellant rocket engine.
a male given name.
Origin of Thor
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It’s possible that Thor’s hammer Mjölnir will simply consider Jane worthy, and she’ll be able to take up the weapon.
Here's What the Loki Finale Means for Future Marvel Movies | Eliana Dockterman | July 15, 2021 | TimeHe helps Thor save the people of Asgard from their evil sister Hela and plans to help Thor start a new colony for their people.
Everything You Need to Know About Loki and Time Travel in the MCU | Eliana Dockterman | June 8, 2021 | TimeLike his brother Thor, he is a god, though he finds out in the Thor movies that he is not the genetic son of Oden, the King of Asgard, as Thor is.
Everything You Need to Know About Loki and Time Travel in the MCU | Eliana Dockterman | June 8, 2021 | Time“I don’t know if I’m doing right,” Thor says, “or if I’ll ever know, but the most important thing is that we’re doing it together.”
This Film Will Make You Rethink Every Parental Decision | Ryan Van Bibber | October 26, 2020 | Outside OnlineThor’s simply following the pattern laid out by his own parents, who never stopped doing what they loved, either.
This Film Will Make You Rethink Every Parental Decision | Ryan Van Bibber | October 26, 2020 | Outside Online
He married a Playboy centerfold and had two sons, the humbly-named Thor and Odin.
The move came one day after the comic book company introduced a female Thor.
Fear of a Minority Superhero: Marvel's Obsession with White Guys Saving the World | Marlow Stern | August 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDon Payne, whose work on The Simpsons started in Season 14, went on to write the scripts for both Thor and Thor: The Dark World.
A 200-Hour ‘Simpsons’ Marathon? That’s Unpossible! | Rich Goldstein | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd instead of choosing to drop the Thor bombshell at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, Marvel revealed the change on The View.
DC Comics’ Diversity Crisis: Why the Status Quo Rules | Liz Watson | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd when Thor Odinson is deemed unworthy, his hammer (and the Thor title, it seems) will pass on to an unnamed woman.
DC Comics’ Diversity Crisis: Why the Status Quo Rules | Liz Watson | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThurstane is evidently Thor's stone or altar; forefathers priests of the god of thunder.
Overland | John William De ForestIt is not sport, nor any childish quarrel, Be ye assured, makes Thor descend from Asgaard.
The Death of Balder | Johannes EwaldThor, the son of Odin, is one of the twelve great gods of northern mythology.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence HolbrookIn the latter case it has been considered—erroneously, however—a variety of the Thor hammer.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonThe midwife, without the ointment, is deceived like Thor by Utgard-Loki: nothing is as it appears to her.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
British Dictionary definitions for Thor
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Norse myth the god of thunder, depicted as wielding a hammer, emblematic of the thunderbolt
Origin of Thor
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Cultural definitions for Thor
The god of thunder in Norse mythology. He wielded a hammer.
Notes for Thor
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