Tanarus may refer to: *

Tanaro River The Tanaro (; ; ; ) is a long river in northwestern Italy. The river begins in the Ligurian Alps, near the border with France, and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po in terms of length, size of drainage basin (partly Alp ...

, in north-western Italy - ''Tanarus'' in Latin * ''Tanarus'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the tribe Hyperini * ''Tanarus'' (video game), an online 1997 tank first-person shooter * Tanarus, another name for the Celtic god of thunder

Taranis Taranis (sometimes Taranus or Tanarus) is a Celtic thunder god attested in literary and epigraphic sources. The Roman poet Lucan's epic ''Pharsalia'' mentions Taranis, Esus, and Teutates as gods to whom the Gauls sacrificed humans. This rare ...

* Tanarus, a disguised form of

Ulik Ulik is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He usually appears as an adversary of Thor. Ulik was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appears in ''Thor'' #137 (February 1967). Debuting in t ...

the Troll, an old enemy of

Thor Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred g ...

, who attempted to replace/erase his role as the "God of Thunder" after his death at the end of Fear Itself

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