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	Thor's Home Page
		Thor and the Midgard Serpent from The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson.
		This mold was used to cast Thor's hammer amulets as well as small ingots of different size and value.
		The magic belt in this tale is reminiscent of the Norse god Thor's belt of strength as described in The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/thor.html (289 words)

	Thor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thor is the son of Odin (Wotan or Woden) and the giantess Jörd (Jord).
		Thor was challenged to a drinking contest, and could not empty a horn which was filled not with mead but was connected to the ocean.
		Thor is to kill the Midgard Serpent and Jupiter, the dragon Typhon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thor (1528 words)

	Thor (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thor often battled his evil adoptive brother Loki, a Marvel character adapted from the Norse god of mischief, and was a member of the superhero group the Avengers.
		Meanwhile, Thor engaged Surtur at Asgard's gates, and was overwhelmed by the fire-demon.
		Thor's actions were received on Earth with mixed reactions--some condemned Thor outright, some (like Spider-Man) appreciated Thor's intentions but insisted that Thor was hurting humanity more than helping by giving them handouts, and some appreciated Thor's help so much that they began worshipping him as the benevolent deity he purported to be.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics) (5428 words)

	Thor - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Thor's daughter, Thrud, was promised to Alvis, a dwarf, and in exchange Alvis made weapons for the gods.
		Thor was challenged to a drinking contest, where instead of mead, Thor drank sea water, and could not empty a horn.
		Thor was the focus of a practical joke started by a Dilbert comic strip, whereby the prankster builds up static electricity from dragging their feet across a carpet, then greets an unwitting friend with the declaration: "Behold.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/t/h/o/Thor.html (1501 words)

	Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, in Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, in Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography.
		Thor Heyerdahl's grandson, Olav Heyerdahl, retraced his grandfather's Kon-Tiki voyage in 2006, as part of a six-member crew.
		The voyage, called the Tangaroa Expedition, was intended as a tribute to Thor Heyerdahl, as well as a means to monitor the Pacific Ocean's environment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl (2457 words)

	Thor (rocket) Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thor vehicle 103 (May 1957) exploded on the pad during tanking due to a faulty main fuel valve resulting in tank overpressurization leading to tank rupture.
		Thor was noted as forming a good basis for a space launch vehicle early in its development.
		Thor formed the core of the Thor-Agena vehicle used to launch the United State's first spy satellites as part of the Corona program from Vandenberg AFB.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Thor_(rocket) (1311 words)

	Thor!
		Thor returned to the past and gave his 200 years of memories to his younger self as a warning, before rejoining him with his human side, who then returned the Asgardians to the true Asgard.
		Thor then did the unthinkable, making a deal with Surtur: in return for the reforging of Mjolnir (he felt it appropriate for Surtur to be the one to remake it), he would blast a clear path for him to Asgard.
		Thor's uru hammer, Mjolnir, amplifies Thor's innate control over the elements and can be used as a missile weapon by throwing it (which in return allows the hammer to return in mere moments, unless seized by others.
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	Characters - Thor
		Thor was made aware of the S.G.C.'s presence when they interfered with the Asgard timetable for the the natural development of the planet Cimmeria, which is under their protection.
		Thor had been impressed by the Tau'ri resistance to the bugs, and asked that Major Samantha Carter join him on his home world to aid in developing new strategies against the machines.
		Thor himself was not lost, however, as his memories and conscious mind had been downloaded into Osiris' vessel with the device.
	www.gateworld.net /omnipedia/characters/t/thor.shtml (910 words)

	Thor, God of Thunder: Viking Norse Myth Legend :Lady Gryphon's Mythical Realm
		Thor was the strongest of the Aesir, the collective name for the the principal race of Norse gods; they who lived in Asgard, and with the All-Father Odin, ruled the lives of mortal men.
		Thor married the golden-haired Sif, a Goddess of fertility.
		Thor was usually portrayed as a large, powerful man with a red beard, flowing hair, hearty enjoyment of food and drink and eyes of lighting.
	www.mythicalrealm.com /legends/thor.html (1443 words)

	About Thor
		Thor's hammer was and is used in Heathen marriage ceremonies to bless the bride, and at funerals to hallow the pyre.
		The fact that Thor's quest for his hammer (which is an obvious phallic symbol) involves dressing as a woman (an archetypal shamanic initiation for males) seems to indicate that this is the case.
		Thor is dedicated to the protection of human kind, and He is good to call upon when travelling or in dire situations.
	www.fortunecity.com /roswell/rune/399/thor.html (1420 words)

	Thor
		Thor is forever torn between his divine home -- the hallowed halls of Asgard -- and the troubled lands of his adopted home, Earth.
		Among the hammer's various enchantments are its indestructibility and the ability to summon all the elements of storm (wind, rain, thunder, and lightning).
		Thor's superhuman strength is matched with an immunity to all human diseases, superhuman speed, agility, and simulated flight when he hurls his enchanted hammer Mjolnir.
	www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/t/thor.htm (292 words)

	In addition to giving the U
		The Thor was declared operational by 1959 and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command and also deployed to England where the Royal Air Force maintained them in a state of combat-readiness.
		However, some Thor missiles were modified and used extensively for the space program, where they formed the basis for the long-lasting Delta family of launch vehicles.
		The Thor was used either as a single-stage booster or in combination with various types of upper stages for such projects as Tiros, Telstar, Pioneer, and Discoverer.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/THOR/DI163.htm (451 words)

	Thor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thor would ride around middle-earth in his wagon drawn by two goats, His abode was Thruthheim [Land of Strength] and his hall, Bilskinir.
		Hammer shaped amulets, a symbol of Thor because it was his weapon, were worn about the neck well into the christianization of Scandinavia.
		Donar was an early version of Thor among the Germans and the anglo-saxons worshiped a thunder god named Thunor.
	www.ugcs.caltech.edu /~cherryne/myth.cgi/Thor.html (261 words)

	THOR
		Thor is the bloodson of Odin, lord of the gods of Asgard, and Jord, who is also known as Gaea, the elder goddess of the Earth.
		Thor was a founding member of the team of superhuman champions known as the Avengers, and has continued to serve with the team from time to time through the present.
		Thor determined to restore the gods of Asgard to their former place on Earth as beings to be worshipped, merging Earth with Asgard to accomplish this end.
	www.immortalthor.net /bio-thor.html (2705 words)

	Scandinavian mythology 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Viking Age Thor was considered as Odin's son.
		The World Serpent Jormungand caught a lure, but Thor's assistant giant Humir, who was freighted by the monster, cut rope and Jormungand escaped of destruction.
		But Thor was wounded with splinter of giant's weapon and suffered from it during his following life.
	www.redrival.com /mythology/Scandinavian2.htm (491 words)

	Thor, God of Thunder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This previous Thor is said to have killed the Midgard Serpent, and to have been killed himself by the dying monster's venom, at Ragnarok, the destruction of a previous version of Asgard.
		For years Thor strove to become strong and worthy enough to wield the hammer, and was responsible for many heroic deeds.
		Known superhuman powers: Thor possesses the superhuman physical attributes of an Asgardian, but as the son of Odin, lord of the Asgardians, and Jord, elder goddess of the Earth, his strength, endurance, and resistance to injury are greater than those of the vast majority of his race.
	www.starnet-database.com /dbase_shield/profiles/thor/thor.html (982 words)

	Thor
		Reprinting THOR #9 through the double-sized 12th issue, this sprawling saga unfolds with powerful, widescreen visuals that reimagines the legends of Norse mythology and merges them seamlessly with the sensibilities of today.
		Thor's accomplishments were notable, as disease, hunger and oppresion were nearly extinguished.
		Standing beside his brothers-in-arms, Thor ties himself to their fate, as they are sent on an impossible journey by the Giants to pay their “weird” a blood price for the killing of a Giant’s son.
	tplist.millarworld.net /thor.html (3331 words)

	Thor - An integrated Air Pollution Forecast System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The main purposes of the THOR system are forecasting, nowcasting, emission reduction scenarios, retrospective analyses and air pollution assessments and management.
		The entire THOR system is currently run operationally, up to four times every day, initiated with data at 00 UTC, 06 UTC, 12 UTC and 18 UTC.
		This system, THOR, utilises data off the Internet to drive a series of nested systems; as a result, it is a very low cost approach in producing services to a variety of environmental sectors.
	www2.dmu.dk /1_viden/2_Miljoe-tilstand/3_luft/4_Spredningsmodeller/5_thor/default_en.asp (2150 words)

	THOR HEYERDAHL EXPEDITIONS and ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC PEOPLES
		Thor Heyerdahl continued his research on ancienct navigation and turned his attention to the ancient reed-boats made of papyrus.
		Thor Heyerdahl is the recipient of numerous medals, awards and honours.
		Thor Heyerdahl was honored five years before his death to the day -- April 18, 1997 -- at the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, where he was pictured near a stone statue from Easter Island.
	www.greatdreams.com /thor.htm (4353 words)

	Thor
		The Thor could carry a 1.45 MT W-49 thermonuclear warhead to a distance of 2400 km (1500 miles), and the all-inertial guidance unit achieved an accuracy of 300+ m (1000+ ft) CEP.
		During 1962, the Thor was used in a series of exo-atmospheric nuclear tests (called "Starfish", "Bluegill", and "Kingfish"), including the explosion of a 1.4 MT device at an altitude of 450 km (280 miles).
		Unarmed tests of Thors as ASAT missiles began in February 1964, and by September 1964 the ASAT Thor was declared operational.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/thor.htm (1002 words)

	THOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thor is an elegant, full rack width, 6-way AC mains power distribution unit featuring sophisticated circuitry for dealing with mains noise and voltage spikes without limiting dynamic headroom.
		Thor also feature bushings on the base of the unit which will accept a 6mm threaded insert.
		Thor is available with three different socket versions, with US AC sockets with UK mains sockets and with European mains sockets.
	www.nordost.com /Accessories/thor.htm (334 words)

	Thor
		Thor is helped by Thialfi, his servant and the messenger of the gods.
		Thor was usually portrayed as a large, powerful man with a red beard and eyes of lightning.
		The Norse believed that during a thunderstorm, Thor rode through the heavens on his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisni ("gap-tooth") and Tanngnost ("tooth grinder").
	www.pantheon.org /articles/t/thor.html (257 words)

	Thor's Hammer by Jim Cornish
		As Thor passed overhead, thunder rumbled from the wheels of the chariot and lightning flashed from sparks created by the hooves of the goats.
		Thor is used to name Thursday (Thor's Day), one of the seven days of our week.
		Thor images used with permission of owner John Robertson.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/v_thor.htm (559 words)

	Thor
		For the next five and one-half years, Thor continued to repair and lay cables in the western Atlantic and in the West Indies.
		Thor (ARC-4) was decommissioned at Portsmouth on 2 July 1973 and simultaneously transferred to the custody of the Military Sealift Command.
		USNS Thor (T-ARC-4) operated with the Military Sealift Command, primarily in the Pacific, until April 1974 when she was returned to the Maritime Administration to be placed in reserve.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t5/thor.htm (944 words)

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		Thor's latest washer/dryer offers all the features you'd expect in a premium laundry machine, in a size that fits your home.
		Thor washer dryers not only use less electricity, they also consume a fraction of the water used by top-loading washing machines.
		Thor's portable washer/dryer allows for quick sink hookup and roll-away storage.
	www.thorappliances.com (340 words)

	Thor
		The birth of the New Wave Of Heavy Metal (NWOHM) was all the rave and the British press was attracted by the Thor phenomenon happening across the pond.
		The show put Thor on the map and landed them an international deal with Mongol Horde Records (Island Park, NY) which, for a time, also boasted Queensryche among their roster.
		Thor continues to tour, primarily in Canada, maintains a rigorous workout schedule, and has just finished another movie and documentary as well as writing his biography.
	www.thecutting-edge.net /thor.html (1077 words)

	THOR Advanced Crash Test Dummy
		THOR has been designed to assist both the development and the evaluation of advanced vehicle occupant safety systems, and incorporates significantly improved biofidelity and greatly expanded injury assessment capabilities in all body regions.
		THOR Alpha is capable of carrying a total of 134 channels of data; see Figure 12 for details of instrument locations.
		During the period of THOR development, an extensive database of test results was acquired with the contributions of numerous participating organizations and laboratories.
	www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov /departments/nrd-51/THORAdv/THORAdv.htm (1197 words)

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