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- 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
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- Bragi is the god of poetry in Norse mythology. Given the prominent role that poetry played in Nordic society (as it was the primary means of ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 14:56, 28 April 2020
- recounts a number of stories out of Norse mythology while explicating ... in them. In addition, Sturluson's Old Norse, while quite different from ...13 KB (2,143 words) - 05:13, 13 October 2022
- Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (c. 970 – c. 1020 C.E.) was a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to have landed in ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the wife of Bragi ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- Loki (sometimes referred to by his full name, Loki Laufeyjarson) is the god of mischief, lies, and trickery in Norse mythology. He is the son ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods of the Norse pantheon). His most important function within Norse mythology ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ... ==Völund in a Norse Context== As a figure in the Norse mythic corpus ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost among the goddesses," Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning. wife of Odin ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- In Norse mythology, Brunhild or Brynhildr is one of the Valkyries or warrior maidens esteemed for their military prowess. Her honored status ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- pagan, devoting himself to the Slavic-Norse deities, establishing numerous ... his housekeeper Malusha, described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr) was the realm of the gods (the Aesir) that was mythologically connected to the abode of the ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- beings. Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology, "troll" ... have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir (the gods of prosperity and fertility), and is seen as the god of ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- The earliest preserved examples of Old Norse literature are the Eddic ... Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in Old ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- An elf is a mystical creature found in Norse mythology that still ... ===Norse=== The earliest preserved description of elves comes from ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) was a widely worshipped deity among the Viking peoples and revered as the "God of Thunder. ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- the Old Saxon Heliand, and the Old Norse Poetic Edda all use alliterative ... alliterative meters beyond those of Old Norse. There have been many different ...24 KB (3,773 words) - 20:35, 30 November 2023
- Rægnold, the sons of Eadulf, the English, Norse, Danes and others all of ... Old Norse and Old English were still mutually comprehensible to a ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- The word "fjord" comes from Old Norse, fjörðr, meaning ... in the verb fare (travelling/ferrying), the Norse noun substantive fjörðr ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- 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
- ;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
- 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
