The Thunderweapon in Religion and Folklore: A Study in Comparative Archaeology

Aalborg Adad altar amongst amulet ancient ancient Greece ANDREE Asia Assyrian Babylonian belemnites bronze age bronze axe called thunderstones CARTAILHAC classical coins Communicated in 1909 countries cult cult-object Danish depicted double-axe earth East Prussia echinites evidence fire flint axes flint wedges fossilized sea-urchins Funen Greece Greek Hittite house against lightning idea inscription Juppiter keraunos Knossos later lightning Löventhal milk Mjölnir MONTELIUS Mycenæan Mylasa National Museum natural nord Nyland origin Öster parish pass for thunderstones peasants Perkuno pierced places popular belief Poseidon primitive prongs protected the house protection against lightning regarded as thunderstones religion religious representation Revue archéol roof Rügen shape similar Småland southern India stone antiquities stone axes stone implements strokes of lightning struck by lightning supposed Sveriges forntid Thor's hammer thunder-arrow thunderbolt thundergod thunderstone belief thunderweapon traditions triaina trident trisula trolls Usener Vendsyssel weapon worship Zeus