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- 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
- Golem-like creatures appear in the folklore of other cultures. In Norse mythology, for example, Mökkurkálfi (or Mistcalfa) was a clay giant ...13 KB (2,158 words) - 04:12, 24 May 2024
- an older Scandinavian word related to Old Norse rosmhvalr, "red? whale" or "walrus." The compound Odobenus comes from odous ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- The story of the Sword in the Stone, meanwhile, is paralleled in the Norse Legend of Sigurd, who draws his father Sigmund's sword out of ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- Norse mythology also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie 2004, 48), such as the scene in the Völuspá in which Odin summons a seeress ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- Baffin Island with the Helluland described in Norse sagas, so it is possible that the inhabitants of the region had occasional contact with Norse sailors. ...26 KB (3,796 words) - 01:18, 17 November 2022
- the ravens Hugin and Munin, who accompany the Norse god Odin; the Celtic goddesses the Mórrígan and/or the Badb (sometimes considered separate ...26 KB (3,938 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- ** Norse Peak Wilderness ** William O. Douglas Wilderness ... ** Norse Peak Wilderness *Mount Hood National Forest Wilderness Areas ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- from medieval times…. [In ancient Norse tradition] sacrifice carried the intent of imploring Freyr to show favor to the new year. The boar ...27 KB (4,434 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- == Old Norse == Runestone [[image:Rökstenen 2.jpg|thumb|right|The Rök Runestone, the start of Swedish literature]] [[Image:Sö 327, Gök.JPG ...37 KB (5,478 words) - 16:22, 12 January 2024
- meant "people of the Swedes" (Old Norse Svíþjóð, Latin Suetidi ... Before the eleventh century, Swedes adhered to Norse paganism, worshiping ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
