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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 ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 10:20, 11 March 2023
- 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 ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- A dwarf is a mythical creature, appearing most frequently in Norse ... have the ability to forge magical items. In Norse mythology, for instance, ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people and Northern Germanic tribes ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya or Freja), sister of Freyr and daughter of Njord (Njǫrđr), is a prototypical Norse ...27 KB (4,334 words) - 12:25, 13 October 2022
- in response, depicted the standardized Old Norse spelling as an artificial ... as an introductory text for students of Old Norse. Sigurður Nordal called ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- sometimes maliciously, for example the Norse Loki, but usually the trickster ... Eshu in Yoruba mythology, Loki in Norse mythology, and Wakdjunga ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- ===Germanic and Norse mythology=== [[Image:Ring45.jpg|thumb|right|200 ... In Germanic and Norse traditions, dragons were often depicted as a ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- [[Image:Yggdrasil.jpg|thumb|The Norse "world tree" Yggdrasil]] ... name of gods. The Tree of Life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often overshadowed by the more famous gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- 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 ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Haakon Haakonsson (1204 – December 15, 1263) (Norwegian Håkon Håkonsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson), also called Haakon the Old, was king ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- figures within ancient mythology, including the Norse goddesses Frigg and Freyja, the Mesopotamian Ishtar, the Syro-Palestinian Astarte, and Venus' ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- 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 ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- Category:Anthropology Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Siegfried rhinemaidens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- 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. ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- ("Turold," a variant of Old Norse "Thorvaldr"). ... later, southern aesthetic into the story. A Norse version of the Song of Roland ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 17:31, 16 February 2023
- legends and as Þjóðrekr and Þiðrekr in Norse mythology. During his reign ... The Norse saga deals with Dietrich's return home. The most familiar ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- new home and added features from their own Norse language, transforming it ... began to lose much of its Germanic and Norse vocabulary, although it retained ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- The Isle of Man was controlled by Norse, Scottish, and English lords ... minted from an imported type two Hiberno-Norse penny die from Dublin. Hiberno ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- From 984 C.E., it was colonized by Norse settlers who lived in two ... Main contributors to the demise of the Norse settlements appeared ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- In Old Norse, the víkingr, Jan Terje Faarlund. The Syntax of Old Norse ... on the Skagerrak, from where the first Norse merchant-warriors originated ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- are believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse") during the eleventh century, who established several colonies in Greenland and one short ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- settlers around 700 C.E., bringing the Old Norse language to the islands, ... is most similar to Icelandic and Old Norse. In contrast, spoken Faeroese ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- of the fifth century and sixth centuries C.E. Old Norse parallels of the legend survive in the Völsunga saga, the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, the ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:27, 14 November 2022
- be expanded to include the areas where Old Norse was spoken and where the ... Faroese, which are descended from Old West Norse. Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978 - February 20, 1054) (East Slavic: Ярослав Мудрый; Christian name: George; Old Norse: Jarizleifr) was ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- According to the Norse legends, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ... According to the Norse sagas, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- 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) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- 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
