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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
- by Anglo-Saxon literature, Germanic and Norse mythologies, Finnish mythology and the Bible. David Day. (Canadian) Tolkien's Ring. (New York: ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- Both of these endeavors centered around his love of Norse mythology. He also developed a great love for the Greek literature and mythology while studying ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- in this book is based on similarities of names in Norse mythology and geographic names in the Black Sea region, such as Azov and æsir, Udi and Odin ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Of note is King Björn's barrow in Håga (Old Norse name: Haug) near Uppsala. ===Ukraine and Russia=== [[Image:LYablonskyFilipovkaKurganR1 ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" as a celestial body that, within the solar system,[http://www.iau.org/news/press ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- sulh, Old High German medela or huohili, and Old Norse arðr. The current word plow also comes from Germanic, but it appears relatively late ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- In Norse mythology, the giant Bergelmir was a son of Thrudgelmir and the grandson of Aurgelmir, the founder of the race of frost giants. Bergelmir ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- poem, Tristrams kvæði. In the collection of Old Norse prose-translations of Marie de France's lais--called Strengleikar (Stringed Instruments ...29 KB (4,638 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- Germanic source (compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba "trumpet"), of imitative origin." [https://www.etymonline.com/word/trump ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- or Odin's cross, because Odin's symbol in Norse mythology was a cross in a circle. Used throughout Native American culture to represent the ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- the deity of lightning, thunder and rain. In Norse Mythology, a rainbow called the Bifröst Bridge connects the realms of Ásgard and Midgard, homes ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- played a key role in structuring early Germanic, Norse and Old English forms of poetry. The alliterative patterns of early Germanic poetry interweave ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- Throughout the Norse lands (medieval Scandinavia including Iceland) people lived in longhouses (langhús). These were built with a stone base ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- Nickname = Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State, Norse Dakota, The 701, Heaven | Motto = Liberty and Union, Now and Forever ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- quot; (bit, crumb, morsel), cognate with Old Norse brauð, Danish brød, Old Frisian brad, Middle Dutch brot, Dutch brood, and German Brot, had replaced ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- language, because many of them referred to Roman or Norse gods, such as Mars (March) and Thor (Thursday), and Roman emperors, such as Julius (July). As ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- The same root appears in several other Germanic languages, e.g., Old Norse synd, or German Sünde. There is presumably a Germanic root *sun(d ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
- diplomat Ahmad ibn Fadlan in 921 claims that Norse warriors were sometimes buried with female slaves, in the belief that these women would become their ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- of fertility, her element is Earth. In Norse mythology, the Earth goddess Jord was the mother of Thor and the daughter of Annar. By contrast ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- emergence of a group with mixed Irish and Norse ethnic background arose ... although some of the population is also of Norse, Anglo-Norman, English, Scottish ...93 KB (13,994 words) - 13:49, 15 April 2024
- waves of Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Norman invasions, along ... Romans onwards, via Saxons, Jutes, Angles, Norse, to the Norman Conquest, ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- #039;s folly." Reincarnation also appears in Norse mythology in the Poetic Edda. The editor of the Poetic Edda says that Helgi Hjörvarðsson and ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Rocks Wilderness, Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, Norse Peak Wilderness, Mount Baker Wilderness, and Pasayten Wilderness, Olympic Wilderness. ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- the area between the ninth and tenth centuries: the Norse suffix -ey for island can be found in many places around the northern European coasts. The Channel ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- * 3 mysterious figures amongst Norse gods: Hoenir, Lodurr, Mimir. * Ancient Egypt Theban Triad: Amun, Mut, and their son Khans. * 3 ancient Egyptian ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- Teutonic myth, particularly from later period Norse mythology. Wagner drew largely from Icelandic epics, namely, The Poetic Edda, The Volsunga Saga and ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- in Scandinavia, Wagnerian interpretations of Norse mythology stemming from the Eddas of Iceland, Italian nationalist celebrations of the glories ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- or Midgard Serpent, and the kraken of late Norse mythology. [https://oceaninfo.com/list/sea-monsters-mythology/ 10 Incredible Sea Monsters from ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- By the end of the tenth century, the Norse minority had merged with the Slavic population, particularly among the aristocracy, which also absorbed ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
