Thor's Hammer (Stargate)
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Thor's Hammer is a fictional alien device and symbol in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, first seen in the episode, "Thor's Hammer".
Thor's Hammer is said by legend to be a great weapon, wielded by the god Thor. The Hammer is also the symbol for the planet Cimmeria, a world forbidden to the Goa'uld. Thor's Hammer is the device which protects the people of Cimmeria from Goa'uld interference.
The device
The device has several parts. Every person that comes through the stargate on Cimmeria is scanned by an obelisk with the Hammer symbol upon it. Those who are found to have a Goa'uld symbiote or larva are transported to a networks of caves where they are confronted by a hologram of Thor. This hologram informs the prisoners that the only way out is to face the Hammer and have the Goa'uld parasite destroyed, leaving the host body free. Some force inside the network of caves negates Goa'uld weapons, preventing them from functioning inside, but once taken back out the weapons will work again.Discovery by SG-1
In hope of making contact with Thor or his race, the Asgard, SG-1 came to Cimmeria. Teal'c, a Jaffa, was scanned and transported to the caves along with Colonel Jack O'Neill (who had tried to stop the transport beam and was caught up in it along with him). The pair eventually came to the actual Hammer, which Teal'c couldn't pass through since he would die if he were to lose his Goa'uld larva. Daniel Jackson destroyed Thor's Hammer in order to save Teal'c. Daniel was hesitant because the Hammer could also have theoretically been used to remove the Goa'uld Ammonet from his wife Sha're. SG-1 leaves believing that the Goa'uld will never know Cimmeria is now open to attack since the scanner and teleporter by the Stargate are still in place.Invasion by Heru'ur
It is later discovered that the Goa'uld System Lord Heru-ur has invaded Cimmeria. The people of Cimmeria send a message to SG-1 in the hope of getting some help. SG-1 travels back to Cimmeria and face the Goa'uld's forces and discover a means of contacting Thor to inform him of the problem. Thor comes in his Asgard mothership and destroys those Goa'uld forces that did not flee upon his arrival. He informs SG-1 that he will repair the Hammer, but this time it will make an exception for the Jaffa known as Teal'c.
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