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** In Germanic mythology, Thor is specifically the god of thunder and lightning, wielding Mjolnir.
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** and Germanic
** May – Caesar defeats a Germanic army then massacres the women and children, totalling 430, 000 people, somewhere near the Meuse and Rhine Rivers.
** Proto-Germanic * jēraN (" year ") > North / West Germanic * jāraN > North Germanic * āra > Old Norse ár, and > West Germanic * jāra > Old High German jār, Old English ġēar.
** Proto-Germanic * gebō (" gift ", ) > North / West Germanic * gebu > North Germanic * gjavu > ( by u-umlaut ) * gjǫvu > Old Norse gjǫf, and > West Germanic * gebu > Old English giefu.
** Proto-Germanic * tungōN (" tongue ", ) > late North / West Germanic * tungā > * tunga > Old Norse tunga, Old High German zunga, Old English tunge ( unstressed a > e ).
** Proto-Germanic * gebōz (" of a gift ", ) > late North / West Germanic * gebāz > North Germanic * gjavaz > Old Norse gjafar, and > West Germanic * geba > Old High German geba, Old English giefe ( unstressed a > e ).
** This change probably affected West Germanic much earlier and then spread from there to North Germanic, but failed to reach East Germanic which had already split off by that time.
** and mythology
** Galatea, name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion ( mythology )
** and Thor
** In the Marvel Comics comic book series The Invaders, Thor was summoned by Hitler to battle that superhero group ; however, Thor soon realized he was being used, and returned to Asgard.
** David Brin ’ s novelette " Thor Meets Captain America " and graphic novel The Life Eaters center on this theme, as well.
** The New Warriors: Beginnings ( collects Thor # 411-412 and The New Warriors # 1-4, September 1992, ISBN 0-87135-916-2 )
** The Mighty Thor Disassembled ( collects Thor 80 – 85, 152 pages, December 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1599-4 )
** Juggernaut: The Eight Day: " Eight is Enough " ( with Terry Shoemaker, one-shot, 1999 ) collected in Thor by Dan Jurgens & John Romita, Jr. Volume 3 ( tpb, 200 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4385-8 )
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