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Freyr (Old Norse: Lord), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god associated with sacral kingship, virility and prosperity, with sunshine and fair weather, and pictured as a phallic fertility god in Norse mythology. [1]

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Af Upplendinga konungum

Af Upplendinga konunum is a short tale of the Norwegian part of the so-called Yngling.

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Alaric and Eric

Alaric and Eric (Old Norse Alrekr and Eiríkr), were two legendary kings of Sweden.

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Alberich

In German heroic legend, Alberich is a dwarf.

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Alliterative verse

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.

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Almáttki áss

Hinn almáttki áss (the almighty áss "god") is an unknown Norse divinity evoked in an Icelandic legal oath sworn on a temple ring.

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Altar

An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes, and by extension the 'Holy table' of post-reformation Anglican churches.

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Anglo-Saxon paganism

Anglo-Saxon paganism, sometimes termed Anglo-Saxon heathenism, Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian religion, or Anglo-Saxon traditional religion, refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the 5th and 8th centuries AD, during the initial period of Early Medieval England.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe

Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines, sometimes called pole gods, have been found at many archaeological sites in Central and Northern Europe.

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Apple

An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).

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Asgard (Stargate)

The Asgard are a highly advanced, fictional extraterrestrial race in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

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August Strindberg

Johan August Strindberg (22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.

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Álfheimr

Alfheim ("Land Of The Elves" or "Elfland"), also called Ljosalfheim (Ljósálfheimr, "home of the light-elves"), is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology.

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Álfröðull

Álfröðull (Old Norse "elf-beam",Orchard (1997:153). "elf-disc"Faulkes (1995:133). or "elf-glory, elf-heaven"Machan (1988).) is a term and common kenning in Norse mythology.

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Æsir

In Old Norse, ǫ́ss (or áss, ás, plural æsir; feminine ásynja, plural ásynjur) is a member of the principal pantheon in Norse religion.

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Æsir–Vanir War

In Norse mythology, the Æsir–Vanir War was a conflict between two groups of deities that ultimately resulted in the unification of the Æsir and the Vanir into a single pantheon.

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Ögmundar þáttr dytts

Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helmings is one of the Icelandic þættir.

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Östersund

Östersund (Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden.

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Ýdalir

In Norse mythology, Ýdalir ("yew-dales"Orchard (1997:185).) is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god Ullr.

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Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa

In Norse mythology, Þorgerðr Hǫlgabrúðr (Thorgerdr Holgabrudr) and Irpa are divine figures.

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Barri

In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the Skírnismál: In Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth (found in Gylfaginning, 37), the place is called Barrey or Barey: The meaning of the name is uncertain.

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Battle of Delville Wood

The Battle of Delville Wood was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and the British Empire.

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Beli (jötunn)

In Norse mythology Beli is probably a giant.

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Benty Grange helmet

The Benty Grange helmet is a boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet from the 7th century AD.

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Beowa

Beowa, Beaw, Bēow, Beo or Bedwig is a figure in Anglo-Saxon paganism associated with barley and agriculture.

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Berserker

"Berserkers" (or "berserks") were champion Norse warriors who are primarily reported in Icelandic sagas to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word "berserk." These champions would often go into battle without mail coats.

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Beyla

Beyla is one of Freyr's servants along with her husband, Byggvir, in Norse mythology.

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Blóðughófi

According to Þulur, Blóðughófi (Bloody Hoof, sometimes Anglicized Blodughofi) is the horse of Freyr.

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Blót

Blót is the term for "sacrifice" in Norse paganism.

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Boar's Head Carol

The "Boar's Head Carol" is a macaronic 15th centuryHusk, William Henry.

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Boars in heraldry

The wild boar and boar's head are common charges in heraldry.

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Brain Drain (comics)

Brain Drain is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Brokkr

In Norse mythology, Brokkr (Old Norse "the one who works with metal fragments; blacksmith", anglicized Brokk) is a dwarf, and the brother of Eitri or Sindri.

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Byggvir

Byggvir is a figure in Norse mythology.

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Carnival

Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian and Greek Orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.

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Carnival in the Netherlands

Carnival (Carnaval; also called "vastenavond" – eve of the fasting or "vastelaovend") is a festival held throughout the Netherlands, mainly in the Southern regions, with an emphasis on role-reversal and suspension of social norms.

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Castle of Freÿr

The castle of Freÿr with its gardens in the style of Le Nôtre is located on the left bank of the Meuse, between Waulsort and Dinant (province of Namur, Belgium).

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Christmas ham

A Christmas ham or Yule ham is a traditional dish associated with modern Christmas and historical Yule.

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Cipher runes

Cipher runes, or cryptic runes, are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet.

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Cnut the Great

Cnut the GreatBolton, The Empire of Cnut the Great: Conquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh Century (Leiden, 2009) (Cnut se Micela, Knútr inn ríki. Retrieved 21 January 2016. – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute—whose father was Sweyn Forkbeard (which gave him the patronym Sweynsson, Sveinsson)—was King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire.

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Common Germanic deities

The article lists gods and goddesses (Ansewez, Wanizaz) that may be reconstructed for Proto-Germanic or Common Germanic Migration period paganism, or which figure in both West and North Germanic mythology.

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Dan (king)

Dan is the name of one or more legendary earliest kings of the Danes and Denmark, mentioned in medieval Scandinavian texts.

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Dan Halloran

Daniel J. Halloran III (born March 16, 1971), known simply as Dan Halloran, is a former member of the New York City Council, where he was the first adherent of Theodism ever elected to the council.

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Danes (Germanic tribe)

The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), WWV 86A, is the first of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, or in English, 'The Ring of the Nibelung'.

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Deer in mythology

Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world.

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Deities and personifications of seasons

There are a number of deities associated with seasons and personifications of seasons in various mythologies, traditions, and fiction.

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Deity

A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.

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Disa

Disa is the heroine of a Swedish legendary saga, which was documented by Olaus Magnus, in 1555.

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Draupnir

In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse "the dripper"Orchard (1997:34).) is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself: Every ninth night, eight new rings 'drip' from Draupnir, each one of the same size and weight as the original.

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Eadgils

Eadgils, Adils, Aðils, Adillus, Aðísl at Uppsölum, Athisl, Athislus or Adhel was a semi-legendary king of Sweden, who is estimated to have lived during the 6th century.

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East Danes

East Dane is an Anglo-Saxon ethnonym which was used in the epic Beowulf as a kenning for the Geats, the people of Götaland without Scania in southern Sweden.

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Eight Days of Luke

Eight Days of Luke is a children's fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones published in 1975.

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Einar Pálsson

Einar Pálsson (1925–1996) was an Icelandic writer.

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Eitri

In Norse mythology, Eitri (or Sindri) is a dwarf and the brother of Brokkr.

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Elf

An elf (plural: elves) is a type of human-shaped supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore.

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Elf (Middle-earth)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past.

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End time

The end time (also called end times, end of time, end of days, last days, final days, or eschaton) is a future time-period described variously in the eschatologies of several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which believe that world events will reach a final climax.

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Eugen Mogk

Eugen Mogk (19 July 1854 – 4 May 1939) was a German academic specialising in Old Norse literature and Germanic mythology.

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Family tree of the Norse gods

This is a Family tree of the Norse gods showing kin relations among notable gods and goddesses in Norse mythology.

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Fenrir

Fenrir (Old Norse: "fen-dweller")Orchard (1997:42).

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Finn (Frisian)

Finn, son of Folcwald, was a legendary Frisian king.

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Fjölnir

Fjölnir (Fjǫlnir, "Manifold" or "Multiplier"McKinnell (2005:70).) is a legendary king in Norse mythology said to have been the son of Freyr (Frey) and his consort Gerðr (Gertha).

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Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn

In Norse mythology, the feminine Fjörgyn (Old Norse "earth"Simek (2007:86).) is described as the mother of the thunder god Thor, son of Odin, and the masculine Fjörgynn is described as the father of the goddess Frigg, wife of Odin.

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Flitch of bacon custom

The awarding of a flitch of bacon to married couples who can swear to not having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition, the remnants of which still survive in some pockets in England.

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Fornjót

In Norse mythology, Fornjót (Old Norse: Fornjótr) was an ancient giant and king of "Gotland, Kænland and Finnland" meaning Gotland, Kvenland and Finland Proper.

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Fornsigtuna

Fornsigtuna (forn means ancient), Old Sigtuna, Sithun, Sign(h)ildsberg or Signesberg is located in the parish of Håtuna approximately west of the modern town of Sigtuna, by lake Mälaren, in Sweden.

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Frankish mythology

Golden cicadas or bees with garnet inserts, discovered in the tomb of Childeric I (died 482).

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Fraujaz

*Fraujaz or *Frauwaz (Old High German frô for earlier frôjo, frouwo, Old Saxon frao, frōio, Gothic frauja, Old English frēa, Old Norse freyr), feminine *Frawjōn (OHG frouwa, Old Saxon frūa, Old English frōwe, Goth. *fraujō, Old Norse freyja) is a Common Germanic honorific meaning "lord", "lady", especially of deities.

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Fróði

Fróði (Frōði; Frōda; Middle High German: Vruote) is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga, Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, and the Grottasöngr.

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Frösön

Frösön (Frey's island;; in the local dialect, Jamtlandic) is the largest island in the lake Storsjön, located west of the city Östersund in Jämtland, Sweden.

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Frøya (island)

Frøya is an island in Frøya municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Frøya, Sogn og Fjordane

Frøya is an island in the western part of Bremanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Frøya, Trøndelag

Frøya is the westernmost municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Frøylandsvatnet

Frøylandsvatnet is a lake in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Frej (icebreaker)

Frej is the third, named after the Norse god Freyr.

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Fresvik

Fresvik is a village in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Frey (disambiguation)

Frei, Frey, Frej, Freij, Freyr or Freÿr may refer to.

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Freyja

In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse for "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death.

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Frid

Frid is a Scandinavian (Norse) surname, derived from the name of the god Frey (Freyr) - same derivation as the day of the week (Tuesday -Tws Norse god of the sea, Wednesday -Wodin/Odin father of the gods, Thursday - Thor's day and Fri day - Freyr) (Names of the days of the week).

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Fro

Fro or FRO may refer to.

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Fryer (surname)

Fryer is a surname.

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Fyrby Runestone

The Fyrby Runestone from Södermanland, Sweden. The Fyrby Runestone, which is designated as Sö 56 in the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Fyrby, which is about 15 kilometers south of Flen, Södermanland County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Södermanland.

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Galdr

Galdr (plural galdrar) is one Old Norse word for "spell, incantation"; these were usually performed in combination with certain rites.

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Gamla Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala) is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden.

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Gary Lakes

Gary Lakes (born September 26, 1950) is an American opera heldentenor.

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Gentry

The gentry (genterie; Old French gentil: "high-born") are the "well-born, genteel, and well-bred people" of the social class below the nobility of a society.

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Gerðr

In Norse mythology, Gerðr (Old Norse "fenced-in"Orchard (1997:54).) is a jötunn, goddess, and the wife of the god Freyr.

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Gerður Kristný

Gerður Kristný (born 1970) is an Icelandic poet; she has also written short stories, novels and books for children.

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Germanic name

Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix.

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Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum

Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Medieval Latin for "Deeds of the Bishops of Hamburg") is a historical treatise written between 1073 and 1076 by Adam of Bremen, who made additions (scholia) to the text until his death (possibly 1081; before 1085).

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Giantess

A giantess is a female giant: either a mythical being resembling a woman of superhuman size and strength or a human woman of exceptional stature, often the result of some medical or genetic abnormality (see gigantism).

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Goddess

A goddess is a female deity.

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Golden Horns of Gallehus

The Golden Horns of Gallehus were two horns made of sheet gold, discovered in Gallehus, north of Møgeltønder in Southern Jutland, Denmark.

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Gotland Runic Inscription 181

This Viking Age runestone, designated as G 181 in the Rundata catalog, was originally located at a church at Sanda, Gotland, Sweden, and is believed to depict the three Norse pagan gods Odin, Thor, and Freyr.

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Green Man

A Green Man is a sculpture or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves.

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Guilden Morden boar

The Guilden Morden boar is a sixth- or seventh-century Anglo-Saxon copper alloy figure of a boar that may have once served as the crest of a helmet.

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Gullgubber

Gullgubber or guldgubber (Danish), guldgubbar (Swedish), are art-objects, amulets, or offerings found in Scandinavia and dating to the Nordic Iron Age.

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Gullinbursti

Gullinbursti (meaning "Gold Mane or Golden Bristles") is a boar in Norse mythology.

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Gymir

In Norse mythology, Gymir was a giant whose daughter, Gerðr, married the god Freyr.

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Hadingus

Hadingus was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, where he has a detailed biography.

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Hail Satan

"Hail Satan", sometimes expressed in a Latinized version as Ave Satanas (or Ave Satana), is an expression used by some Satanists to show their dedication to Satan, but has also been used for the purpose of comedy or satire.

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Hammer of the Gods (2009 film)

Hammer of the Gods (also known as THOR: Hammer of the Gods) is a 2009 made-for-TV film, starring Zachery Ty Bryan, directed by Todor "Toshko" Chapkanov and produced by Jeffery Beach and Phillip J. Roth for the Syfy channel.

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Harald Fairhair's campaign in Götaland

Harald Fairhair's campaign in Götaland was an attack that took place in the 870s.

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Harðgreipr

Harthgrepa or Harðgreip in Old Norse (« Hard-grip ») is a giantess who appears in the legend of the Norse hero Hadingus, which is reported by Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum.

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Harold Shea

The "Harold Shea" Stories is a name given to a series of five science fantasy stories by the collaborative team of L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt and to its later continuation by de Camp alone, Christopher Stasheff, Holly Lisle, John Maddox Roberts, Roland J. Green, Frieda A. Murray, Tom Wham, and Lawrence Watt-Evans.

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Heathen Gods in Old English Literature

Heathen Gods in Old English Literature is a historical study of the literary references for several pagan deities in Anglo-Saxon England.

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Heathen holidays

In the modern Pagan new religious movement of Heathenry, various publications identify a number of holidays, to some extent based on medieval references to sacrifices observed in historical Norse paganism or reconstructions of an early Germanic calendar, but frequently also inspired by the "Wheel of the Year" popular in Wicca, and sometimes also based on ad hoc innovation, e.g. the various "Days of Remembrance" introduced by The Troth.

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Heathenry (new religious movement)

Heathenry, also termed Heathenism or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion.

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Heathenry in Canada

Heathenry as it is expressed in Canada is used as a universal term to describe a wide range of Germanic Neopaganism.

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Heimdall (video game)

Heimdall is an action role-playing game developed by a team called The 8th Day and published by Core Design for MS-DOS, Amiga and Atari ST in 1991.

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Heimdallr

In Norse mythology, Heimdallr is a god who possesses the resounding horn Gjallarhorn, owns the golden-maned horse Gulltoppr, has gold teeth, and is the son of Nine Mothers (who may represent personified waves).

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Helgi Haddingjaskati

Helgi Haddingjaskati, meaning "Helgi the lord of the Haddingjar," was a legendary Norse hero of whom only fragmentary accounts survive.

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Himinbjörg

In Norse mythology, Himinbjörg (Old Norse "heaven's castle"Simek (2007:147). or "heaven mountain"Lindow (2002:174).) is the home of the god Heimdallr.

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History of atheism

Atheism (derived from the Ancient Greek ἄθεος atheos meaning "without gods; godless; secular; denying or disdaining the gods, especially officially sanctioned gods") is the absence or rejection of the belief that deities exist.

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History of Christianity in Denmark

The history of Christianity in Denmark started with Saint Willibrord's unsuccessful mission among the Danes in the early 8th century.

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History of Iceland

The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and their slaves from the east, particularly Norway and the British Isles, in the late ninth century.

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History of Jämtland

The history of Jämtland dates back thousands of years, starting with the arrival of humans.

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History of Uppsala

The city of Uppsala is one of the oldest in Sweden.

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Hlín

In Norse mythology, Hlín is a goddess associated with the goddess Frigg.

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Hof (Germanic temple)

A heathen hof or Germanic pagan temple was a temple building of Germanic religion; a few have also been built for use in modern heathenry.

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Horncastle helmet fragment

The Horncastle helmet fragment is a decorated Anglo-Saxon boar's head that likely was once attached to the crest of a helmet.

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Horse burial

Horse burial is the practice of burying a horse as part of the ritual of human burial, and is found among many Indo-European peoples and others, including Chinese and Turkic peoples.

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Horses of the Æsir

The horses of the Æsir are listed twice.

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Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds

Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds (also known as For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds) is a collection of short stories about Norse mythology.

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Hrafnkels saga

Hrafnkels saga or Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða is one of the Icelanders' sagas.

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Hrímgrímnir

In Norse mythology, Hrímgrímnir (Old Norse "frost-masked"Orchard (1997:90) and Lindow (2001:183).) is the name of a jötunn mentioned by Freyr's servant Skírnir as he was attempting to court the jötunn maiden Gerðr on his master's behalf.

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Iðunn

In Norse mythology, Iðunn is a goddess associated with apples and youth.

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IK Frej

IK Frej is a Swedish sports club located in Täby kyrkby.

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Incest

Incest is sexual activity between family members or close relatives.

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Incest in folklore

Incest in folklore is found in many countries and cultures in the world.

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Ingaevones

The Ingaevones, or North Sea Germanic peoples, were a West Germanic cultural group living along the North Sea coast in the areas of Jutland, Holstein, Frisia and the Danish islands, where they had by the 1st century BCE become further differentiated to a foreigner's eye into the Frisii, Saxons, Jutes and Angles.

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Ingi of Sweden

Ingi of Sweden - English also: Ingold; Swedish: Inge or Yngve or Ingjald - may refer to (chronologically).

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Ingo

Ingo is a masculine given name in contemporary Scandinavia and Germany, and a historical name in France.

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Ingunar-Freyr

Ingunar-Freyr is the name given to Freyr in the Lokasenna (43) and in the Great saga of Saint Olaf.

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Ingvar (name)

The name Ingvar is an Old Norse first name for men common in Scandinavia meaning "protected by Yngvi".

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Jahrhundertring

The Jahrhundertring (Centenary Ring) was the production of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976, celebrating the centenary of both the festival and the first performance of the complete cycle.

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Javelin

A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport.

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Jämtland

Jämtland (Norwegian: Jemtland,; Latin: Iemptia) or Jamtland is a historical province (landskap) in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin: IVNO, Iūnō) is an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state.

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Kamen Rider Spirits

is an ongoing manga adaptation of the popular Kamen Rider franchise by Kenichi Muraeda.

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Kálfsvísa

The Kálfsvísa ("Kálfr's vísa", Kálfr being maybe the name of its author), sometimes mistakenly called Alsvinnsmál, is a poem partially preserved in Snorri Sturluson’s Skáldskaparmál.

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Klepp I Runestone

The Klepp I Runestone, listed as N 225 in the Rundata catalog, is one of two runestones from Klepp in Rogaland, Norway.

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Knit cap

A knit cap, originally of wool (though now often of synthetic fibers) is designed to provide warmth in cold weather.

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Lóðurr

Lóðurr is a god in Norse mythology.

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LGBT themes in mythology

LGBT themes in mythology occur in mythologies and religious narratives that include stories of romantic affection or sexuality between figures of the same sex or that feature divine actions that result in changes in gender.

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List of A Certain Magical Index characters

The following is a list of characters from the light novel, manga and anime series, A Certain Magical Index, and its side-story manga and anime series, A Certain Scientific Railgun.

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List of agricultural gods

This is a list of agriculture gods and goddesses, gods whose tutelary specialty was agriculture, either of agriculture in general or of one or more specialties within the field.

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List of Avatars characters

This is a list of characters in the Avatars trilogy of novels by Tui T. Sutherland.

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List of Beowulf characters

This is a list of Beowulf characters.

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List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan

This is a list of characters that appear in the ''Camp Half-Blood'' chronicles (which consists of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series, and The Trials of Apollo series), The Kane Chronicles, and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

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List of deities in Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics includes many characters based on deities from several mythological pantheons.

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List of etymologies of country subdivision names

This article provides a collection of the etymology of the names of country subdivisions.

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List of Fairy Tail characters

The Fairy Tail manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro Mashima.

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List of fertility deities

A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with sex, fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth.

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List of fictional presidents of the United States (S–T)

The following is a list of fictional United States presidents, S through T.

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List of fictional ships

This list of fictional ships lists artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction.

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List of Germanic deities

In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples that inhabited Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses.

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List of ham dishes

This is a list of notable ham dishes.

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List of harvest festivals

This is a list of harvest festivals around the world.

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List of legendary kings of Sweden

The legendary kings of Sweden are the Swedish mythological kings who preceded Eric the Victorious, according to sources such as the Norse Sagas, Beowulf, Rimbert, Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, but who are of disputed historicity because the sources are more or less unreliable, and sometimes contradictory.

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List of light deities

A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light.

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List of love and lust deities

A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with sexual love, lust or sexuality.

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List of magical weapons

This is a list of magical weapons from fiction and folklore.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: F

The Fallen One was created by Keith Giffen.

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List of Middle-earth Elves

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past.

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List of mythological objects

Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armour, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, and spirituality from across the world.

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List of mythological pairs

This is a list of famous pairs in mythology or legend.

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List of nature deities

In nature worship, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature such as water deity, vegetation deity, sky deity, solar deity, fire deity or any other naturally occurring phenomena such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.

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List of recurring alien characters in Stargate SG-1

This is a list of recurring alien characters in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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List of solar deities

A solar deity is a god or goddess who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength.

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List of Stargate SG-1 characters

Spanning ten years and several films, Stargate SG-1 developed an extensive and detailed backdrop of diverse characters.

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List of Thor (Marvel Comics) supporting characters

Throughout the stories published in Marvel Comics since his first appearance in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962), the Thor character has accumulated a number of recognizable supporting characters.

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List of water deities

A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.

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List of women warriors in folklore

This is a list of women who engaged in war, found throughout mythology and folklore, studied in fields such as literature, sociology, psychology, anthropology, film studies, cultural studies, and women's studies.

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Lokasenna

Lokasenna ("Loki's flyting," "Loki's wrangling," "Loki's quarrel") is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda.

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Loki

Loki (Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, often Anglicized as) is a god in Norse mythology.

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Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler.

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Magic sword

A magic sword is any mythological or fictional sword imbued with magical power to increase its strength or grant it other supernatural qualities.

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion.

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Mímir

Mímir (Old Norse "The rememberer, the wise one")Simek (2007:216).

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Meanings of minor planet names: 6001–7000

019 | 6019 Telford || || Thomas Telford (1757–1834), a Scottish civil engineer and famed builder of roads, canals, bridges, tunnels and harbors.

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Midsummer

Midsummer is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, and more specifically the northern European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 19 and June 25 and the preceding evening.

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Midvinterblot

Midvinterblot (Swedish for "Midwinter sacrifice") is a painting which the Swedish painter Carl Larsson in 1915 created for the hall of the central staircase in Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.

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Might and Magic IX

Might and Magic IX is a role-playing video game, the last developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released in 2002 by the 3DO Company.

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Misotheism

Misotheism is the "hatred of God" or "hatred of the gods" (from the Greek adjective μισόθεος "hating the gods", a compound of μῖσος "hatred" and θεός "god").

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Mjölnir

In Norse mythology, Mjölnir (Mjǫllnir) is the hammer of Thor, the Norse god associated with thunder.

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Mythology in Rick Riordan's works

Rick Riordan is an author of children's fantasy literature.

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Nehalennia

Nehalennia (spelled variously) is a goddess of unclear origin, perhaps Germanic or Celtic, Nehalennia is attested on and depicted upon numerous votive altars discovered around what is now the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands, where the Rhine River flowed into the North Sea.

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Nerthus

In Germanic paganism, Nerthus is a goddess associated with fertility.

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Njörðr

In Norse mythology, Njörðr is a god among the Vanir.

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Nord-Frøya

Nord-Frøya is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Norns

The Norns (norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythologyThe article in Nordisk familjebok (1907).

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Norse activity in the British Isles

Norse activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Medieval period when members of the Norse populations of Scandinavia travelled to Britain and Ireland to settle, trade or raid.

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Norse cosmology

The cosmology of Norse mythology has "nine homeworlds" or "nine realms", unified by the world tree Yggdrasil.

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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Norse mythology in popular culture

The Norse mythology, preserved in such ancient Icelandic texts as the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other lays and sagas, was little known outside Scandinavia until the 19th century.

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Norse rituals

Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times.

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Numbers in Norse mythology

The numbers three and nine are significant numbers in Norse mythology and paganism.

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Odin

In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Óðinn /ˈoːðinː/) is a widely revered god.

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Odinist Community of Spain – Ásatrú

The Odinist Community of Spain – Ásatrú (Comunidad Odinista de España – Ásatrú), also known as European Odinist Circle (Círculo Odinista Europeo), is a Germanic neopagan organisation in Spain, founded in 1981, for followers of the denomination of modern heathenism known as Odinism (after the chief deity of Germanic paganism, Odin), and is also accepting of broader Ásatrú and Vanatrú neo-heathenism.

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ODINUS

ODINUS (Origins, Dynamics, and Interiors of the Neptunian and Uranian Systems) is a space mission concept proposed to the European Space Agency's Cosmic Vision programme.

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Olaf II of Norway

Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – 29 July 1030), later known as St.

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Old Norse orthography

The orthography of the Old Norse language was diverse, being written in both Runic and Latin alphabets, with many spelling conventions, variant letterforms, and unique letters and signs.

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Old Norse religion

Old Norse religion developed from early Germanic religion during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic people separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples.

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Onela

Onela was according to Beowulf a Swedish king, the son of Ongentheow and the brother of Ohthere.

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Percy Jackson & the Olympians, often shortened to Percy Jackson, is a pentalogy of fantasy adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles.

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Petrosomatoglyph

A petrosomatoglyph is a supposed image of parts of a human or animal body in rock.

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Phallus

A phallus is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis.

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Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae.

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Pioneer Helmet

The Pioneer Helmet (also known as the Wollaston Helmet or Northamptonshire Helmet) is a boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet from the late seventh century found in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.

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Ragnarök

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle, foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.

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Ragnarok (video game)

Ragnarok is a freeware roguelike video game for DOS, created by Norsehelm Productions (Thomas F. Boyd and Rob Vawter) from 1992 to 1995, also going by the name Valhalla in its European release.

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Religion in Iceland

Religion in Iceland has been predominantly Christian since its adoption as the state religion by the Althing under the influence of Olaf Tryggvason, the king of Norway, in 999/1000 CE.

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Saleby Runestone

The Saleby Runestone, designated as Vg 67 in the Rundata catalog, was originally located in Saleby, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Västergötland, and is one of the few runestones that is raised in memory of a woman.

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Sampsa Pellervoinen

Sampsa Pellervoinen is a mythological person from Finnish mythology, who sows all vegetation on earth, all the forests, swamps, meadows, and rock lands too.

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Sæmingr

Sæmingr was a king of Norway according to Snorri Sturluson's euhemerized accounts or Hålogaland.

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Sól (sun)

Sól (Old Norse "Sun")Orchard (1997:152).

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Södermanland Runic Inscription 270

Södermanland Runic Inscription 270 or Sö 270 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runic inscription that is located in Tyresta, which is about two kilometers east of Brandbergen, Stockholm County, Sweden, and is within the Tyresta National Park and the historic province of Södermanland.

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Södermanland Runic Inscription 86

Sö 86 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runic inscription located in Åby, which is about one kilometer north of Ålberga, Södermanland County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Södermanland.

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Sør-Frøya

Sør-Frøya is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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Scion (role-playing game)

Scion is a series of role-playing games published by White Wolf, Inc and Onyx Path Publishing.

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Sif

In Norse mythology, Sif is a goddess associated with earth.

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Sigurðarkviða hin skamma

Sigurðarkviða hin skamma or the Short Lay of Sigurd is an Old Norse poem belonging to the heroic poetry of the Poetic Edda.

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Sigurd

Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) or Siegfried (Middle High German: Sîvrit) is a legendary hero of Germanic mythology, who killed a dragon and was later murdered.

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Sindri (mythology)

In Norse mythology, Sindri (from the Old Norse sindr: "spark") is the name of both a character (probably a dwarf) and a hall that will serve as a dwelling place for the souls of the virtuous after Ragnarök.

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Sister-wife of Njörðr

In Norse mythology, the sister-wife of Njörðr is the unnamed wife and sister of the god Njörðr, with whom he is described as having had the (likewise incestuous) twin children Freyr and Freyja.

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Skaði

In Norse mythology, Skaði (sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains.

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Skíðblaðnir

Skíðblaðnir (Old Norse 'assembled from thin pieces of wood'Simek (2007:289).), sometimes anglicized as Skidbladnir or Skithblathnir, is the best of ships in Norse mythology.

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Skírnir

In Norse mythology, Skírnir (Old Norse "bright one"Orchard (1997:149).) is the god Freyr's messenger and vassal.

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Skírnismál

Skírnismál (Sayings of Skírnir) is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda.

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Skibladner

PS Skibladner is the only paddle steamer operating in Norway, it sails on lake Mjøsa.

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Skiringssal

Skiringssal (Old Norse Skíringssalr) was the name of a Viking Age hall which stood at a site now known as Huseby, about 0.73 miles (1.2 km) south-west of Tjølling, a settlement a little over east of Larvik, in the south of the Norwegian county of Vestfold.

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Skog tapestry

The Skog tapestry (Skogbonaden or Skogtapeten) is a medieval textile work of art which was discovered in Skog Church in Sweden in 1912.

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Sleipnir

In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse "slippy"Orchard (1997:151). or "the slipper"Kermode (1904:6).) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin.

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Sonargöltr

The sonargǫltr or sónargǫltr was the boar sacrificed as part of the celebration of Yule in Germanic paganism, on whose bristles solemn vows were made, a tradition known as heitstrenging.

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Sons of Ivaldi

In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and the Gungnir, the spear of Odin, as well as golden hair for Sif to replace what Loki had cut off.

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Sons of Odin

Various gods and men appear as Sons of Odin or Sons of Wodan/Wotan or Sons of Woden in old Old Norse and Old High German and Old English texts.

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Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki

Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki is a webcomic by the artist Kittyhawk that began in 2002 and is a member of the Create a Comic Project.

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Stenkvista runestone

The Stenkvista runestone in Södermanland, Sweden, with its Thor's hammer. The Stenkvista runestone, designated as runic inscription Sö 111 in the Rundata catalog, is a memorial runestone located near the church at Stenkvista, which is two kilometers east of Skogstorp, Södermanland County, Sweden, which was formerly part of the historic Södermanland, and which features a depiction of Thor's hammer, Mjöllnir.

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Sumarbrandr

In Norse mythology, Sumarbrandr is the sword of Freyr, a Norse god associated with sunshine, summer and fair weather.

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Summerland (novel)

Summerland is a 2002 fantasy young adult novel by American writer Michael Chabon.

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Surtr

In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black"Orchard (1997:154). or "the swarthy one"Simek (2007:303–304)) is a jötunn.

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Swedes (Germanic tribe)

The Swedes (svear; Old Norse: svíar / suar (probably from the PIE reflexive pronominal root *s(w)e, "one's own ";Bandle, Oskar. 2002. The Nordic languages: an international handbook of the history of the North Germanic languages. 2002. P.391 Old English: Sweonas) were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central Sweden and one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes, along with Geats and Gutes. The first author who wrote about the tribe is Tacitus, who in his Germania, from 98 CE mentions the Suiones. Jordanes, in the sixth century, mentions Suehans and Suetidi. According to early sources such as the sagas, especially Heimskringla, the Swedes were a powerful tribe whose kings claimed descendence from the god Freyr. During the Viking Age they constituted the basis of the Varangian subset, the Vikings that travelled eastwards (see Rus' people).

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Swedish Chronicle

The Swedish Chronicle (Vetus chronicon sveciæ prosaicum or Prosaiska krönikan) is a mid-15th century chronicle on a nation called Getae (gethe), Goths (gotha), Geats (götha) and eventually Swedes (swenske).

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Taylor John Williams

Taylor John Williams (June 6, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his appearance on NBC's reality TV singing competition The Voice Season 7 and finished in the semi-finals taking fifth place.

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Temple at Uppsala

The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in the ancient Norse religion once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala (Swedish "Old Uppsala"), Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th-century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum and in Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

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The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok

is a manga by Sakura Kinoshita published from August 1999 to October 2004.

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The Roaring Trumpet

"The Roaring Trumpet" is a fantasy novella by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.

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The Ship of the Dead

The Ship of Dead is a young-adult fantasy novel based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.

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The Sword of Summer

The Sword of Summer is a young-adult fantasy novel based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.

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The White Viking

The White Viking (alternative title Embla, Hvíti víkingurinn, Den hvite viking) is a 1991 film set in Norway and Iceland during the reign of Olaf I of Norway.

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Theophoric name

A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the name of a god, both invoking and displaying the protection of that deity.

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Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor (from Þórr) is the hammer-wielding god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, in addition to hallowing, and fertility.

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Trifunctional hypothesis

The trifunctional hypothesis of prehistoric Proto-Indo-European society postulates a tripartite ideology ("idéologie tripartite") reflected in the existence of three classes or castes—priests, warriors, and commoners (farmers or tradesmen)—corresponding to the three functions of the sacral, the martial and the economic, respectively.

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Triple deity

A triple deity (sometimes referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune or triadic, or as a trinity) is three deities that are worshipped as one.

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Twins in mythology

Twins appear in the mythologies of many cultures around the world.

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Ullr

In early Germanic paganism, *Wulþuz ("glory") appears to have been an important concept, perhaps personified as a god, or an epithet of an important god; it is continued in Old Norse tradition as Ullr, a god associated with archery.

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Uppland Runic Inscription 227

Uppland Runic Inscription 227 or U 227 is the Rundata catalog designation for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located in Grana, which is about 4 kilometers west of Vallentuna, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland.

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Uppsala öd

Uppsala öd, Old Norse: Uppsala auðr or Uppsala øðr (Uppsala domains or wealth of Uppsala) was the name given to the collection of estates which was the property of the Swedish Crown in medieval Sweden.

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Vanir

In Norse mythology, the Vanir (singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future.

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Vé (shrine)

In Germanic paganism, a vé (Old Norse) or wēoh (Old English) is a type of shrine or sacred enclosure.

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Víga-Glúms saga

Víga-Glúms saga is one of the Sagas of Icelanders.

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Vígríðr

In Norse mythology, Vígríðr or Óskópnir is a large field foretold to host a battle between the forces of the gods and the forces of Surtr as part of the events of Ragnarök.

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Völuspá

Völuspá (Old Norse Vǫluspá or Vǫluspǫ́, Prophecy of the Völva (Seeress); reconstructed Old Norse, Modern Icelandic) is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda.

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Völva

A vǫlva or völva (Old Norse and Icelandic, respectively; plural forms vǫlur and völvur, sometimes anglicized vala; also spákona or spækona) is a female shaman and seer in Norse religion and a recurring motif in Norse mythology.

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Ver sacrum

Ver sacrum ("sacred spring") is a religious practice of ancient Italic peoples, especially Sabines and their offshoot Samnites, concerning the deduction of colonies.

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Viborg Cathedral

Viborg Cathedral, Our Lady Cathedral (Viborg Domkirke eller Vor Frue Domkirke) is the site of one of Denmark's most important historic churches located in the town of Viborg in northern Jutland.

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Vili and Vé

In Norse mythology, Vili and Vé are the brothers of the god Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn), sons of Bestla, daughter of Bölþorn; and Borr, son of Búri: Old Norse Vili means "will".

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Waralden Olmai

Waralden Olmai, also known as Maylmen Olmai, Radien-attje, Jubmel or Vearalden Olmai, was a major Sami god.

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Wægmunding

The Wægmundings were a prominent probably Swedish clan (an ätt, see Norse clans) in Beowulf.

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Wealhþeow

Wealhþēow (also rendered Wealhtheow or Wealthow) is a queen of the Danes in the Old English poem, Beowulf, first introduced in line 612.

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Weiße Frauen

In German folklore, the Weiße Frauen (meaning White Women) are elven-like spirits that may have derived from Germanic paganism in the form of legends of light elves (Old Norse: Ljósálfar).

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Yngling

The Ynglings were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty, originating from Sweden.

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Ynglinga saga

Ynglinga saga is a legendary saga, originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson about 1225.

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Ynglingatal

Ynglingatal is a Skaldic poem cited by Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga saga, the first saga of Snorri's Heimskringla.

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Yngve

Yngve is a Scandinavian male given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway.

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Yngvi

Yngvi, Old High German Inguin and Old English Ingƿine are names that relate to a theonym which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr.

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Ysgard

Ysgard is the Outer Plane of Chaotic Neutral / Chaotic Good alignment in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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Yule

Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") was and is a festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples.

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122 Gerda

122 Gerda is a fairly large outer main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Gerðr, the wife of the god Freyr in Norse mythology.

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Frey, Fricco, Frikko, Froh, Frø, Veraldur, Yngve Frey, Yngvifreyr.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr

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