Download or read book The Theft of Thor s Hammer written by Henrietta Branford and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Thor s Hammer written by Will Shetterly and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Hammer of Thor written by S. Evan Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-28 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book Voyage of the Basset written by James Christensen and published by Artisan Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Thor s Wedding Day written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Viking Age Amulets in Scandinavia and Western Europe written by Bo Jensen and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Thor Vol 2 written by Jason Aaron and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is the new Thor? Thats the question on everyones 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 Thors identity is revealed at last! Plus: Young Thor enters a drinking competition! The new Thor takes on a surprising foe! In the future, King Thors granddaughters quest to find him the perfect birthday gift! And more! Collecting Thor (2014) #6-8 and Annual #1.
Download or read book The Poetic Edda written by Carolyne Larrington and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Unworthy Thor written by Jason Aaron and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting The Unworthy Thor #1-5. Unfit to lift his hammer, with another now wielding the power of Thor, the Odinson's desperate quest to regain his worthiness takes him out into the cosmos - where he's learned of the existence of a mysterious other Mjolnir! This weapon of ultimate power, a relic from a dead universe, is the key to the Odinson's redemption - but some of the greatest villains of the Marvel Universe are anxious to get their hands on it as well. And when the Realm of Old Asgard vanishes, the Odinson's hopes might go with it - unless good tidings from Beta Ray Bill offer fresh hope! Can the Odinson reclaim his honor, or will the power of thunder be wielded for evil? Let the battle for the hammer commence!
Download or read book Gwenpool Strikes Back written by Leah Williams and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book The Physics of Superheroes Spectacular Second Edition written by James Kakalios and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science Since 2001, James Kakalios has taught "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books," a hugely popular university course that generated coast-to-coast media attention for its unique method of explaining complex physics concepts through comics. With The Physics of Superheroes, named one of the best science books of 2005 by Discover, he introduced his colorful approach to an even wider audience. Now Kakalios presents a totally updated, expanded edition that features even more superheroes and findings from the cutting edge of science. With three new chapters and completely revised throughout with a splashy, redesigned package, the book that explains why Spider-Man's webbing failed his girlfriend, the probable cause of Krypton's explosion, and the Newtonian physics at work in Gotham City is electrifying from cover to cover.
Download or read book The Hammer of Thor written by K. T. Tomb and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first novel of a new treasure-hunting series, Phoe, an amateur archaeologist and collectibles shop owner, is hired by her wealthy client to seek and retrieve the legendary Hammer of Thor. She doesn't know if the artifact even exists, but, like her movie idol, Indiana Jones, she can't resist going on the quest for this compelling artifact. Unfortunately, she needs to drag the client's inept son, Jonathan, on the adventure. Also joined by her childhood nemesis, Peter, the quest for the Hammer of Thor takes them to several countries and deep into underground danger, danger that will force her to rely on everything she knows about ancient history and Norse mythology, in order to follow the clues. However, there's a group of modern villains who would also love to get their hands on the hammer. And they are hot on her tail. It's an exciting race into Phoe's most challenging treasure quest, complete with hand-to-hand combat with the bad guys and feats of insane bravery. And this is just the beginning...
Download or read book Avengers Endless Wartime written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abomination, long thought buried, has resurfaced in a war-torn land. But now it wears an American flag. Faced with another nightmare reborn, Captain America will not stand for yet more death at the hands of a ghost from his past. Haunted by his greatest shame, Thor must renew the hunt for a familiar beast. At their side, an assemblage of allies united to end the threats no one of them could face alone. They are soldiers. Warriors. Comrades-in-arms. Mighty heroes led by a living legend, stronger together than apart. They are the Avengers.
Download or read book Kane Chronicles The Book Two The Throne of Fire written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
Download or read book The World According to Thor written by Marc Sumerak and published by Insight Comics. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See the world through the eyes of the Norse Super Hero in this immersive journey into Thor’s universe. While battling dangers from the nine realms, Thor shares his outlook on life, love, and war in this immersive new volume. Whether it’s handling mischievous siblings, defeating the Frost Giants, or falling in love with a mortal, Thor’s experiences span centuries. With removable items such as Donald Blake’s medical degree, a copy of the Superhuman Registration Act, pages from ancient Asgardian texts, and much more, this insightful look into Thor’s universe will soon be a fan-favorite. © 2015 MARVEL
Download or read book Thor s Hammer written by Maggie Moore and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Thor's hammer goes missing, Thor will stop at nothing to get it back!
Download or read book Dictionary of Northern Mythology written by Rudolf Simek and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 1700 entries cover mythology and religion of heathen Germanic tribes: Scandinavians, Goths, Angles and Saxons, 1500 BC-1000 AD.
