Thor S Hammer

Author : Wynne Whiteford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433018053110

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Thor's Hammer by Wynne Whiteford Pdf

Author : Henrietta Branford
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1575720140

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The Theft of Thor's Hammer by Henrietta Branford Pdf

The Norse gods Thor and Loki descend to earth in disguise to regain Thor's magic hammer that has been stolen by the frost giant Thrym.

Author : Will Shetterly
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 0375802746

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Thor's Hammer by Will Shetterly Pdf

The Norse gods are in an uproar because Thor's hammer has been stolen. The goddess Freyja has foreseen that a human boy will help find the hammer, while the "Basset" sails to the mortal world to find him. When it returns, it carries not only one boy, but four, all of whom must change if they are to fulfill Freyja's prophecy to save the gods from destruction.

Author : Bo Jensen
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1407307134

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Viking Age Amulets in Scandinavia and Western Europe by Bo Jensen Pdf

Two hundered years of antiquarian and archaeological and archaeological interest has generated an archive of some 1350 Viking Age amulets. These objects are manufactured from a variety of materials, most often metals, and were often, but not always, wornas pendants. However, all are miniatures, objects shaped like something else - tools, weapons, animals, people, or more abstract religious symbols, including hammers and crosses. They can be understood as material symbols which gained meaning through reference to phenomena beyond themselves - real animals, people and so on. I argue that this symbolism must be understood within a religious frame of reference. Previous archaeological research into Viking Age religion has suffered from an uncritical acceptance of written sources that are late, biased and geographically isolated. Since religion is also behaviour in the world, there is no intrinsic reason why texts should be a better source of information that should artefacts. As an archaeological material, the corpus of amulets has a history of recovery. Analysis of times of recovery for different types of contexts reveals how the composition of the archaeological archive changes. Contemporary texts highlight the different priorities and interests, which in turn shaped research strategies. Thus, it is clear that the archive cannot be isolated from its own history. The archive represents a real, but partial record of what existed in the past. The history of recovery throws light on how the archive is partial. The present study examines the various types, materials and contexts of the amulets. It documents how amulet types have different dates and distributions, suggesting that religious practise changed through time. Some of this change may be due to influences from Christian Europe, but this may not explain everything. In any case, the chronology and distribution of amulets suggest that late, Norse sources may not be perfectly suited for understanding all amulets everywhere in the Viking world. I divide contexts into four types, graves, hoards, settlement finds and stray finds. Amulets in graves do not appear to reflect accidental inclusions of whatever the living used, but were rather selected carefully to answer needs specific to the dead. Many burial amulets are made of iron, and may have been made specifically for burial. Silver is largely absent, and may have been part of collective, rather than individual wealth. Hoard finds are dominated by silver. Viking Age silver hoards seem to be explicable in purely economic terms. There seems no reason to regard these hoards as ritual or sacral in any way. Settlement finds cluster on a few important sites, including Hedeby, Helgö, Birka and Tissø. Unfortunately, these sites do not compare readily with each other, and no clear pattern of intersite distribution appears. Most settlement finds are made from supposedly cheap materials, including iron and lead, suggesting that the amulets selected for graves and hoards do not represent everything. At least part of the settlement material seems to have been intentionally deposited. Stray finds highlight the influence of post-depositional factors. Much may originate in other contexts, and stray simply due to accident or poor recording. However, the stray finds also contain unreasonable amounts of copper-alloys, suggesting that this material cannot simply represent accidental strays from other contexts. Rather, amulets of copper-alloy, especially, must have been used in activities that did not centre on burial, hoarding or settlement. Possibly, these amulets were specifically deposited at sites away from the settlements. Finally, I offer some tentative suggestions for how to relate amulet studies with emergent archaeological theory on personhood and the landscape. I analyse craftsmanship in some detail, and argue that a wide variety of different situations existed.

Author : S. Evan Townsend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1937593045

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Hammer of Thor by S. Evan Townsend Pdf

They live among us. We know they are there. No government can control them; no authority can stop them. Some are evil. Some are good. All are powerful. They inhabit our myths and fairy tales. But what if they were real, the witches, wizards, and fairy godmothers? What if they were called "adepts" and used talismans to increase their power? The most powerful talisman in the world is The Hammer of Thor and Hitler stole it from its rightful owners, the Valkyrie. When American adept Francis Kader is reluctantly drawn into the effort to retrieve the Hammer from the Nazis, he begins a journey that leads him to a confrontation with Thor himself. Can a mere human hope to defeat an immortal god?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152058729

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Thor's Wedding Day by Anonim Pdf

Thialfi, the Norse thunder god's goat boy, tells how he inadvertently helped the giant Thrym to steal Thor's magic hammer, the lengths to which Thor must go to retrieve it, and his own assistance along the way.

Author : Leah Williams
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302519759

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Gwenpool Strikes Back by Leah Williams Pdf

Collects Gwenpool Strikes Back #1-5. Everyone’s favorite comics fan turned comics character is back! Fresh from her stint as a West Coast Avenger, Gwen Poole is desperate not to disappear into comic book limbo, so she’s determined to make an impact on the Marvel Universe! First up: unmask Spider-Man! Then, home-wreck the Fantastic Four! And while she’s at it, why not defeat the Immortal Hulk and lift Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir! But as Gwen’s mad rampage continues, will we — and she — finally learn the truth about her origins? Is this Gwenpool’s greatest retcon yet? Either way, Gwen knows she needs to go big — or go home! Buckle up, strap in and get ready! This is officially the greatest sequel with “Strikes Back” in the title that’s ever been made!

Author : Jason Aaron,CM Punk,Noelle Stevenson
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302481414

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Thor Vol. 2 by Jason Aaron,CM Punk,Noelle Stevenson Pdf

Who is the new Thor? That’s the question on everyone’s lips. Most especially the original Thor! And now he starts to narrow down the list of suspects. Meanwhile, tensions continue to flare between the All-Mother and All-Father, Malekith the Dark Elf forges his most dangerous pact yet, and the new Thor prepares to face her greatest challenge: the unstoppable machine of death and destruction that is the Destroyer! As the battle for Mjolnir rages on, an unexpected character makes a shocking return — and the new Thor’s identity is revealed at last! Plus: Young Thor enters a drinking competition! The new Thor takes on a surprising foe! In the future, King Thor’s granddaughters quest to find him the perfect birthday gift! And more! Collecting Thor (2014) #6-8 and Annual #1.

Author : Carolyne Larrington
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780199675340

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The Poetic Edda by Carolyne Larrington Pdf

This collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry contains the greater narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods.

Author : Rick Riordan
Publisher : Disney-Hyperion
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1423160916

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1 The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan Pdf

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die . . .

Author : James Christensen
Publisher : Artisan Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Characters and characteristics in literature
ISBN : 1885183585

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Voyage of the Basset by James Christensen Pdf

In 1850, with the importance of myths in question, Professor Aisling and his two young daughters set out from London on a journey aboard a magical ship and encounter an assortment of characters who prove the power of stories.

Author : Wynne Whiteford
Publisher : Ace Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1985-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441807550

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Thor's Hammer by Wynne Whiteford Pdf

Author : Rudolf Simek
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0859915131

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Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Rudolf Simek Pdf

Over 1700 entries cover mythology and religion of heathen Germanic tribes: Scandinavians, Goths, Angles and Saxons, 1500 BC-1000 AD.

Author : Anders Andrén
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789189116818

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Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives by Anders Andrén Pdf

The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.

Author : Daniel McCoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533393036

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The Viking Spirit by Daniel McCoy Pdf

The Viking Spirit is an introduction to Norse mythology like no other. As you'd expect from Daniel McCoy, the creator of the enduringly popular website Norse Mythology for Smart People (Norse-Mythology.org), it's written to scholarly standards, but in a simple, clear, and entertaining style that's easy to understand and a pleasure to read. It includes gripping retellings of no less than 34 epic Norse myths - more than any other book in the field - while also providing an equally comprehensive overview of the fascinating Viking religion of which Norse mythology was a part. You'll learn about the Vikings' gods and goddesses, their concept of fate, their views on the afterlife, their moral code, how they thought the universe was structured, how they practiced their religion, the role that magic played in their lives, and much more. With its inclusion of the latest groundbreaking research in the field, The Viking Spirit is the ultimate introduction to the timeless splendor of Norse mythology and religion for the 21st Century.