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Originally Posted by danielf
Regarding the Gods, most of these are Viking Gods. As I remember from history lessons, Thor rode his cart across the clouds, and this made a bit of a racket. We call it 'thunder' these days. I.e the word thunder and thursday both derive from Thor.
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You are correct about Thursday being named after Thor (or Thunor to the Germans). It is also true that he rode across the heavens on his Goat driven chariot. The thunder that he was famour for creating, was the sound of Thor striking mountain tops with his magical warhammer Mjolnir.
