Search results for "Norse" - New World Encyclopedia
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- god Vishnu possessed human forms and qualities. Norse myths spoke of twelve great gods and twenty-four goddesses who lived in a region above the ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- hag– part of the word is derived from the Old Norse hoggva or the Icelandic haggw, meaning 'to hew' or strike with a sharp weapon, relating ...18 KB (2,829 words) - 16:42, 21 January 2024
- According to Norse mythology, the god of thunder, Thor, has a chariot that is pulled by several goats. At night when he sets up camp, Thor will ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- other than the upper half of Tiamat, just as the Norse sky may consist simply of Ymir's unmodified skull. Consequently, unlike radical transformations ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- such virtues in ancient German folk songs and Norse poetry and mythology. After becoming the General Superintendent in 1776, Herder's philosophy ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- Artemis; mythical beings such as the Valkyries of Norse legend and the Amazons of Greek story; and historical figures such as the first century Celtic ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- above Lake of the Clouds. Its name refers to a Norse myth about a world in the sky that was accessed from Earth by a rainbow. The room was given this ...19 KB (2,927 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
- In Norse sagas the city is mentioned as the capital of Gardariki (i.e., the East Slavic lands). Four Viking kings—Olaf I of Norway, Olaf II ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 14:59, 3 May 2023
- Anglo-Saxon conquest of eastern Britain. The Norse demigod Sigurd, or Siegfried, was historicized in the Nibelungenlied by associating him with a famous ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- and explored the eastern Canadian coast. Norse literature speaks of skrælingar, most likely an undifferentiated label for all the native peoples ...53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- may come from the Common Germanic verb smeugan (Old Norse smjúga) meaning "to creep into a hole." Alternatively, it may come from the Middle ...21 KB (3,255 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- *Nine is a significant number in Norse Mythology. Odin hung himself on an ash tree for nine days to learn the runes. *The name of the area called ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- Parcae in Roman mythology, and Norns in Norse mythology, who determined the events of the world. One word derivative of "fate" is ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- * Norse mythology : seid * Druidry : Awen * Yoruba mythology : oloddumare Also related are the philosophical concepts of: * European alchemy and ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- the Scandanavian Borgund stave church from The Norse-folk; or, A visit to the homes of Norway and Sweden. by Charles Loring Brace published by C ...22 KB (3,445 words) - 22:20, 4 December 2023
- In Norse mythology, earthquakes were explained as the violent struggling of the god Loki. When Loki, god of mischief and strife, murdered Baldr ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- courts of kings and military leaders, as did Norse skalds (lyric poets) and some Celtic bards, but the evidence on this is less conclusive. ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- cognate to Old High German triuwida, Old Norse tryggð. Like troth, it is ... German treu "faithful"), Old Norse tryggr, Gothic triggws. ...66 KB (9,824 words) - 23:40, 15 January 2024
- statue animated by Kabbalistic magic. Similarly, Norse mythology (in the Younger Edda) tells of a clay giant, Mökkurkálfi or Mistcalf, constructed ...27 KB (4,060 words) - 21:30, 16 April 2023
- Samudra from Hindu mythology and Jörmungandr from Norse mythology). The world was imagined to be enclosed by a celestial ocean above the heavens, and ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 21:09, 17 April 2023
