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  • Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the chief god in Norse mythology whose role in the Norse pantheon is complex and multivalent: he is known as the ...
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  • was one of the most important deities in Norse mythology. He was said ... Freyr was also one of the esteemed Vanir (a race of Norse gods) and ...
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  • A dwarf is a mythical creature, appearing most frequently in Norse ... have the ability to forge magical items. In Norse mythology, for instance, ...
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  • Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people and Northern Germanic tribes ...
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  • origins. Gnomes share many characteristics with the Norse dwarves, so much so that it is suggested that at a time in Scandinavian tradition, the two ...
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  • In Norse Mythology, Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya or Freja), sister of Freyr and daughter of Njord (Njǫrđr), is a prototypical Norse ...
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  • in response, depicted the standardized Old Norse spelling as an artificial ... as an introductory text for students of Old Norse. Sigurður Nordal called ...
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  • sometimes maliciously, for example the Norse Loki, but usually the trickster ... Eshu in Yoruba mythology, Loki in Norse mythology, and Wakdjunga ...
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  • ===Germanic and Norse mythology=== [[Image:Ring45.jpg|thumb|right|200 ... In Germanic and Norse traditions, dragons were often depicted as a ...
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  • [[Image:Yggdrasil.jpg|thumb|The Norse "world tree" Yggdrasil]] ... name of gods. The Tree of Life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the ...
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  • The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often overshadowed by the more famous gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja ...
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  • the pantheon, including the Greek Zeus, the Norse Odin and the Chinese Shang ... many cases (such as those of the Greek or Norse mythology), the stories of ...
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  • Haakon Haakonsson (1204 – December 15, 1263) (Norwegian Håkon Håkonsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson), also called Haakon the Old, was king ...
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  • figures within ancient mythology, including the Norse goddesses Frigg and Freyja, the Mesopotamian Ishtar, the Syro-Palestinian Astarte, and Venus' ...
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  • in modern English are derived from Old Norse, though of the 100 most used ... each lost control of Northumbria to fresh Norse attacks before regaining ...
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  • Category:Anthropology Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Siegfried rhinemaidens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ...
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  • Jakob Berzelius, who named it after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. The metal had virtually no uses until the invention of the lantern mantle in 1885. ...
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  • ("Turold," a variant of Old Norse "Thorvaldr"). ... later, southern aesthetic into the story. A Norse version of the Song of Roland ...
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  • The Norse legend that Thor sheltered from a thunderstorm under an oak tree has led to the belief that having an acorn on a windowsill will prevent ...
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  • legends and as Þjóðrekr and Þiðrekr in Norse mythology. During his reign ... The Norse saga deals with Dietrich's return home. The most familiar ...
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