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   Sn!pe to phoenix   
   Re: is anyone named wolfgang these days?   
   01 Feb 26 20:27:00   
   
   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   phoenix  wrote:   
      
   > > isnt thor the lightning guy? what did zeus do?   
   > >   
   > Thor is the god of thunder isn't he, and Zeus liked to throw lightning   
   > bolts. Maybe I phrased it strangely, that's the ticket. I'm not like   
   > you. Pops of charge roll off my hands. As to what Zeus did, we only have   
   > the general story and then maybe some of the more famous heroes are sons   
   > of Zeus.   
   >   
      
   They belong to different pantheons: Thor is the Norse god of thunder,   
   their head honcho was Odin (Wotan).  Zeus is the Greeks' chief god;   
   the Romans called him Jupiter.  The Hindus have a whole different set of   
   gods, major and minor.   
      
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