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  Thunor
Also sacred to Thunor is the oak tree, the connection between Thunor and the oak may have come from the frequency of which the oak tree was struck by
This story of a certain Thunor seems to be a tale that may have arisen as a result of the success in destroying the cult of Thunor amongst the Heathens of Kent.
And the founding of an abbey in compensation for the murders of the two princess by Thunor could be seen as a show of strength from the Christian religion in it's victory over the cult of Thunor in Kent.
www.homestead.com /englishheathenism/thunor.html   (886 words)

  
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Thunor noticed this and declared that the husbandman or his household must not have treated the bones carefully because a thighbone was obviously broken.
Thunor shook his beard and told his companion, Loki, that his hammer was missing.
When Thunor heard this he went straightaway to Frea’s hall and told her to put on the Bridal veil, and that she was on her way to Eotenham.
www.fyrnsidu.org /larhus/mod/wiki/view.php?id=44&page=Thunor   (1673 words)

  
 Gamall Steinn [GL] Thunor
Thunor is certainly an aristocrat, and I do think that it is important to bear in mind that "class rivalry" is a characteristic of civilization, not tribal life, and of Xtianity, not heathenry.
The real reason why Thunor is associated with the common folk is simply because he is the one the common folk always love best, and what they love best about him is his personality and generosity, and the way he doesn't bother to stand on ceremony or make things unnecessarily complicated.
The common folk love Thunor because, in their lifestyles, to have Thunor for a friend is basically to be "lucky" in all your day to day affairs.
gamall-steinn.org /theod/gl-thunor.htm   (414 words)

  
 Thunor
Interesting is Thurstable which, is said to mean pillar of Thunor and tends to suggest strong devotion to Thunor.
Some of the place names containing the name of Thunor are situated in what could be called no man's land, in other words out in the remote countryside away from the towns where Christian influence was strongest.
Also sacred to Thunor is the oak tree, the connection between Thunor and the oak may have come from the frequency of which the oak tree was struck by ightning.
www.homestead.com /englishheathenism/textthunor.html   (772 words)

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