I have always liked my name, even though I was always called 'Reese's Pieces' in elementary school-for about 2 days, I might add, until it got old. I was proud of my name's history, meaning, and connection to family, even at a young age.
Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway â April 18, 2002 Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography.
A drawing of a Viking Age hammer pendant discovered in Ãland, Sweden. Of all of the symbols in Norse mythology, Thorâs Hammer (Old Norse MjÃ¶llnir, pronounced roughly âMIOL-neerâ) is one of the most historically important, and is probably the best known today. Thor was the indefatigable god who guarded Asgard, the celestial stronghold of the Aesir, the main tribe of gods and goddesses in Norse mythology.