Thunor

There's an assumption that everybody in the early English kingdoms practised English paganism Woden, Thunor etc, but there's a certain amount of circular argument in that - the graves we can recognise and date are the ones that contain grave goods.

Cadafael, King of Gwynedd Carla 2009

Later Christian manuscripts sometimes refer to the Christian god as 'The Thunderer', for example, which sounds like a title borrowed straight from Thor/Thunor, and 'Our Lady' is not so very far removed from Freyja's name, which means 'Lady'.

Land of Angels, by Fay Sampson. Book review Carla 2007

By the way, posts will be erratic for a couple of weeks as my computer was trashed by a lightning strike a few days ago What did I say or do to annoy Red-bearded Thunor/Thor?

Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' adventures Carla 2007

By the way, posts will be erratic for a couple of weeks as my computer was trashed by a lightning strike a few days ago What did I say or do to annoy Red-bearded Thunor/Thor?

Archive 2007-06-01 Carla 2007

The names of the main gods are clearly related to the Norse gods Woden-Odin, Thunor-Thor, Frija-Freyja - though Tiw is a bit of a puzzle as Tyr is something of a shadowy figure in the Norse pantheon and not obviously associated with war, so it's usually assumed that the rest of the religion was related as well.

Land of Angels, by Fay Sampson. Book review Carla 2007

In religion they had reached a moderately advanced state of heathenism, worshipping especially, it seems, Woden, a 'furious' god as well as a wise and crafty one; the warrior Tiu; and the strong-armed Thunor

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

Count Thunor, whom he had charged with that execrable commission, buried the bodies of the two princes under the king's throne, in the {437} royal palace at Estrage, now called Estria.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Enthroned beside Odin sat his oldest son, Thor (German _Thunor_), god of thunder and lightning.

Early European History Hutton Webster

There can be little doubt that the heathen Angli worshipped certain gods, among them Ti (Tig), Woden, Thunor and a goddess Frigg, from whom the names Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are derived.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Theodoric the Goth, as Dietrich von Bern, was identified, for instance, with Donar or Thunor (Thor), the thunder god.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904