Search results for "Norse" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Norse gods Freyr and Freyja both had boars. Freyr's boar was named Gullinbursti ("Golden Mane"), who was manufactured by the ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 23:54, 11 January 2023
- who constantly plays tricks on the Norse gods. In folklore, the trickster ... *Odin principal deity of Norse mythology *Tiresias from the Odyssey ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- use of them, including the Roman, Greek, Norse, and other pagan religions ... ==Norse paganism== A basic altar, called a non|hörgr , was used for ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- ;Dwarf: A dwarf, appearing most frequently in Norse mythology, is ... ;Elf: The elf is found in Norse mythology and still survives in northern ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- *Norse and Germanic 'flyting' *Provençal and Catalan 'Jocs Florals' *Arabic 'naqa'id' *Argentinian 'payadores ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- gos with the plural gés, German Gans and Old Norse gas. Other modern derivatives are Russian gus and Old Irish géiss; the family name of the cleric ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 04:17, 24 May 2024
- time was composed of Slavic, Finnic, and Norse peoples, among which the ... have uncovered no traces of a Slavic-Norse settlement in the Crimea ...42 KB (6,324 words) - 00:33, 9 January 2024
- heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology. Apsaras are said to be able to change their shapes at will, and specially rule over ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- suffix; this is believed to be from the Old Norse ey and holmr, respectively. ... between the ninth and tenth centuries: the Norse suffix -ey for island can ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- settlers from Scandinavia and also from Norse colonies in the British Isles ... two countries had long been closely allied; Norse mythology and even the language ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- king, and he plays major roles in three Norse sagas, in much of Western ... Attila's name has many variants: Atli and Atle in Norse; Ætla ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Danish: Knud den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- Malalas and George Hamartolus, native legends and Norse sagas, several Greek religious texts, Rus-Byzantine treaties, and the oral accounts of Yan Vyshatich ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- |norse name=Eyin Helga; Hioe (hypothetical) |meaning of name= Gaelic for 'Columba's island'. |area=877 ha (2,166 acres) ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- Similarly, Níðhöggr (the dragon of Norse mythology) eats from the ... In Norse mythology, the World Serpent (or Midgard serpent) known as ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- the Arthurian legends. She had studied Old Norse manuscripts and Medieval ... from Undset's own familiarity with Norse medieval literature and culture ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- The motif also appears in other stories from Norse mythology, in particular the story of Egil in the Thidreks saga, as well as in the stories of ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Christian or Jewish," (c.f. Old Norse heiðinn). Historically, ... (a folk religion based on Norse mythology) is a notable exception ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- An old Norse account of the northern lights is found in the Norwegian ... has been put forward as evidence that the Norse ventured as far as Antarctica ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- name for the pike, ged, similarly derives from Old Norse gaddr (spike) (cf. the modern Swedish name for the pike, gädda, the Danish "gedde" ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
