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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) - 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
- Golem-like creatures appear in the folklore of other cultures. In Norse mythology, for example, Mökkurkálfi (or Mistcalfa) was a clay giant ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- 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
- similar (e.g. Dutch Veelvraat). The name in Old Norse, Jarfr, lives on in the regular Norwegian name jerv, regular Swedish name järv and regular Danish ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- Bjarni Herjólfsson (fl. 10th century), a Norse explorer, was the first known ... *986 – The Norse explorer Bjarni Herjólfsson sights the mainland ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- was Norway's first Christian king. Norse traditions were slowly replaced ... when Norway had been Christianized, the Norse religion and practices associated ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Norse mythology also speaks of a world-serpent and deity of the sea named Jörmungandr. Like Yam, he is the archenemy of the storm god, in this ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- In 1167, the Norse inhabitants of Dublin supported Roderic O’Connor ... After 1171, many Norse inhabitants left the old city, on the south ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Karl Hundason was an insulting byname (Old Norse for "Churl, son of a ... Macbeth's father's second wife, a Norse woman. Duncan was defeated ...30 KB (4,672 words) - 14:58, 12 March 2023
- A thing or ting (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ting) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- for myths and legends like El Cid, King Arthur, Norse and Greek mythology, and popular fictional characters like Tarzan and Mowgli from Rudyard Kipling ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- Brûlé in 1615. Artifacts believed to be of Norse origin have been found in the area, indicating possible earlier visits by Europeans. ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 23:19, 21 October 2022
- In Norse mythology, there are two swans that drink from the sacred Well of Urd in the realm of Asgard, home of the gods. According to the Prose ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 00:35, 27 February 2023
- * Mundilfari an Old Norse term has been associated in modern literature ... * Thor's hammer, from its supposed association with Thor, the ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- #039;s fascination with the ancient Germanic and Norse peoples dominated his writing. Together with his Icelandic friend Eirikr Magnusson he was the ...16 KB (2,355 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- " "Eroica," "Norse" and "Keltic," as well as the piano miniatures for which he became best known. MacDowell ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- Systema Naturae. The name is based on the Old Norse word nár, meaning "corpse," in reference to the animal's pigmentation. In some parts ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- believe are ultimately derived from Old Norse). This name is not recorded ... quot; and "glorious" in Old Norse, respectively). ...31 KB (4,615 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- Trees of mythology include the Norse world tree Yggdrasil and the Austras Koks of Latvian mythology. In Norse mythology, the first humans were ...33 KB (4,675 words) - 12:40, 18 April 2023
- Eastern parts had previously been visited by the Norse, Basque, and Breton fishermen, and perhaps the Corte-Real brothers and John Cabot (in addition ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 12:31, 6 November 2021
- In Norse mythology the sea giantess Rán uses a fishing net to trap lost sailors. ==Gallery== Image:BD-fishermen.jpg|Fishermen in Bangladesh ...17 KB (2,692 words) - 17:32, 28 March 2024
- figure of Saint Nicholas of Myra, as well as on Norse myths associated with the god Odin, and American commercial culture. The modern depiction ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- deepened and expanded to include Egyptian and Norse mythology. He was a contemporary of John Betjeman and Anthony Blunt, forming a lifelong friendship ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
