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    Rudolf Simek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies...
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    pp. 19–34. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Cambridge [England]: D.S. Brewer. ISBN 9780859915137. Simek, Rudolf (2007). Dictionary...
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  • Grienberger's linguistic conclusions and leans towards Gutenbrunner's approach; Rudolf Simek on the synthesis. Lauran Toorians derives the name of Sandraudiga from...
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    she fears; he will catch her [at the end of the world]." According to Rudolf Simek, it is possible that Sköll is another name for Fenrir, and, if so, "there...
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    associated with the god Odin. Scholars such as Hilda Ellis Davidson and Rudolf Simek propose that the names of the valkyries themselves contain no individuality...
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    name Ratatoskr as meaning "drill-tooth" (Jesse Byock, Andy Orchard, Rudolf Simek) or "bore-tooth" (John Lindow). In the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, the...
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  • Nafnaþulur valkyrie lists. No further information is provided about her. Rudolf Simek says that her name, Mist, is likely related to Old Norse mistr, meaning...
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  • produced a son, Auðr. No additional information is provided about Naglfari. Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for...
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  • Germanic paganism List of horses in mythology and folklore Simek (2007:122). Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology...
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    attested in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. Rudolf Simek says the name is etymologically related to the Old Norse herja and Old...
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  • of Thor. Their names translate to "Wrath" and "Mighty," respectively. Rudolf Simek states that, along with Thor's daughter Þrúðr ("Strength"), they embody...
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  • the first to be conquered. According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and Rudolf Simek, connections are commonly drawn between the Harii and the einherjar of...
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  • "the land-spirits who dwelt in mounds and hills and in water [...]. Rudolf Simek claims that Snorri "unquestionably" invented the name Vanaheimr as a...
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    longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. According to Rudolf Simek, the section part of the name—vör—may be identical to the name of the...
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    heavenly body that may be the moon". Rudolf Simek connects the account of Máni, and Hjúki and Bil (featuring, as Simek states, "a man with a pole and a woman...
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    Nordgermanen. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin/Leipzig 1937, S. 395. Rudolf Simek: Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band...
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    and in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. Rudolf Simek says the name is kenning-like and that the name likely refers to the...
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  • family, the altered appearance of shape-shifters. Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and the fylgja. Luck...
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    "in-law-relationship", scholar Andy Orchard provides "relation", and scholar Rudolf Simek gives "relation by marriage". In stanza 48 of the Poetic Edda poem Hárbarðsljóð...
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    smaller numbers, England and areas south of Denmark. Austrian Germanist Rudolf Simek states that these bracteates may depict Odin and his ravens healing a...
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    player Péter Simek (born 1980), Hungarian association football player Rudolf Simek (born 1954), Austrian philologian and historian 14098 Šimek, an asteroid...
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    English word 'memory' and its associated concepts. For example, scholar Rudolf Simek renders the name as meaning 'the rememberer, the wise one'. Mímir is...
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  • names of Germanic deities. According to University of Bonn philologist Rudolf Simek, this occurred around the 1st century AD, when both cultures came into...
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    mentioned in Gylfaginning, Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented the lake. Orchard (1997:6). Faulkes (1995:28). Simek (2007:14). Faulkes, Anthony...
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    another name for Mimir, and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasill." Rudolf Simek theorizes that the survival of Líf and Lífþrasir is "a case of reduplication...
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    Proto-Indo-European *deiwo-widus, meaning 'the forest of the gods'. According to Rudolf Simek, the existence of a cult of the deity is also evidenced by place names...
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  • the milk of Heiðrún, a goat. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. BOYE6. ISBN 0859913694. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology...
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    and þyrs have been equated by scholars such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Rudolf Simek, with the words being used to describe the being in either Old Norse...
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  • another name for Mimir, and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasill." Rudolf Simek theorizes that the survival of Líf and Lífþrasir is "a case of reduplication...
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    another name for Mimir, and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasill." Rudolf Simek theorizes that the survival of Líf and Lífþrasir through Ragnarök by...
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