Thora – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Thora
Thora or
Tora is a Scandinavian female name (from the
Old Norse Þóra), and might refer to:
- Dame Thora Hird (1911–2003), English actress
- Thora Birch (born 1982), American actress
- Thora Borgarhjort or Thora Town-Hart, the daughter of Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland (present-day southern Sweden) in Norse mythology
- Thora Magnusdottir (born c. 1100), a daughter of Magnus III of Norway
- Tora Aasland (born 1942), Norwegian politician and former Minister of Research and Higher Education
- Tora Berger (born 1981), Norwegian biathlete and world and Olympic champion
- Tora Harris (1978), American high jumper
- Tora Mosterstong, 10th century concubine of King Harald Fairhair and mother of Håkon the Good
- Tora Sudiro (born 1973), Indonesian actor
- Tora Teje (1893–1970), Swedish theatre and silent film actress
- Tora Torbergsdatter (1025-?), Norwegian royal consort
Thora (die)
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Torah, first of three parts of the Hebrew Bible, Pentateuch, Five Books of Moses; leather scroll on which the Pentateuch is inscribed, entire body of Jewish Scriptures and teachings
torah
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Torah, first of three parts of the Hebrew Bible, Five Books of Moses; leather scroll on which the Pentateuch is inscribed
Kaang
[African] The creator god of the African Bushmen, Kaang is said to have made all things, but met with such opposition in the world that he went away. He is regarded as the god of natural phenomena, present in all things, but especially the mantis and caterpillar. Receiving disobedience from the first men he had created, Kaang sent fire and destruction to Earth, and removed his abode into the top of the sky. Kaang has many myths attached to him, and is almost figured as an epic hero himself. One of the myths concerns his being eaten by an ogre, who then vomited him back up. Another relates to the occasion that he was killed by thorns. The ants picked his bones clean, but Kaang reassembled his skeleton and rose again. The Bushmen say he created the moon from an old shoe. With his wife Coti he had two sons: Cogaz and Gewi.
