Donar

[ doh-nahr ]

/ ˈdoʊ nɑr /

noun German Mythology.

the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.

Origin of Donar

< Old High German thonar, donar; cognate with Old English Thunor, Old Norse Thōrr; see thunder, Thursday

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Examples from the Web for donar

Donar carries Oerwandil on his shoulders across rivers, as the giant Christopher carries Christ.
Zoological Mythology (Volume II)|Angelo de Gubernatis
Some attempts have been made to identify him as a kind of Donar or god of thunder.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various
Donar, same as Thor, the god of thunder among the ancient Teutons.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Wodan and Donar had gotten the victory over Zeus and Athene.
Bulgaria|Frank Fox

His son Donar shewed himself in thunder and lightning, as he rode with swinging axe on his goat-spanned car.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times|Alfred Biese

British Dictionary definitions for donar

Donar

/ (ˈdəʊnɑː, German ˈdoːnar) /

noun

the Germanic god of thunder, corresponding to Thor in Norse mythology

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