Thetis (The′tis). A sea-goddess, daughter of Nereus and Doris. Her husband was Peleus, king of Thessaly, and she was the mother of the famous Achilles, whom she rendered all but invulnerable by dipping him into the River Styx. See Achilles.
Thief, see Laverna, Mercury.
Thor. The Scandinavian war-god (son of Odin), who had rule over the aerial regions, and, like Jupiter, hurled thunder against his foes.
Thor’s Belt is a girdle which doubles his strength whenever the war-god puts it on.
Thoth. The Mercury of the Egyptians.
Thread of Life, see Fates.
Thunderbolts, see Cyclops.
Thunderer, The, Jupiter. See Tonitrualis.
“O king of gods and men, whose awful hand
Disperses thunder on the seas and land,
Disposing all with absolute command.”
Virgil.
“The eternal Thunderer sat enthroned in gold.”
Homer.