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    Aurvandill (Old Norse) is a figure in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the god Thor tosses Aurvandill's toe – which had frozen while the thunder...
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  • Aurvandill's jester, Heimir. Heimir tells Amleth that his destiny is fixed and cannot be escaped, and Amleth vows to avenge his father if Aurvandill is...
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    Hesperus and Phosphorus) could be empirical rather than knowable a priori. Aurvandill, a figure in German mythology also known as Earendel Hesperides Lucifer...
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    Orion correlation theory Orion (mythology) Orion (Chinese astronomy) Aurvandill Glooscap Heiheionakeiki Julpan Nataraja Osiris Papsukkal Urania Winter...
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    Miller (voice) 2021 The Black Phone The Grabber 2022 The Northman King Aurvandill 2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Efficient Man Cameo 2022 Raymond...
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    mythologies, such as Celtic Brigantia with Roman Aurora, Vedic Ushas, and Norse Aurvandill; Welsh Arianrhod with Greek Selene, Baltic Mėnuo, and Slavic Myesyats;...
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    own raids both in sea and land. Killed by the Jutish king-turned-pirate Aurvandill after she attempted to avenge her brother. Alf and Alfhild a.k.a. Alvid;...
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  • Tales 2. Tolkien was aware of the name's Germanic cognates (Old Norse Aurvandill, Lombardic Auriwandalo); the question why the Old English rather than...
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    designating the Mediterranean Sea. The Germanic mythological figure of Aurvandill has been interpreted by Rudolf Much to mean 'Shining Vandal'. Much forwarded...
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  • light' of the morning, possibly embodying the Morning Star (Venus). See Aurvandill for further discussion. *Balđraz – OE Bældæg, OHG Balder ON Baldr – From...
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  • is absolutely key, veering between folk-like strings that evoke King Aurvandill’s regality as he returns from war, and percussions so heavy — during murkier...
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    (Christian mythology/Jewish mythology) Aurvandils-tá (Aurvandill's toe), the god Thor tosses Aurvandill's toe which had frozen into the sky to form a star...
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  • Day Sword, compared to Ferdinand Holthausen's translation of the name Aurvandill/Auriwandal as "daybreak sword". Corwin's brother Benedict is introduced...
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    that he thinks her husband, Aurvandill the Valiant, will come home after being missing. He tells a story that he met Aurvandill in icy wastes, carried him...
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    Íslendingabók, Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiæ, Ynglinga saga Aurvandill Old Norse: Aurvandill, Middle High German: Orendel, later Erntehelle The name may...
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    succeeded by Ohthere. Beowulf Ynglinga saga (called Egil2) Orendel See Aurvandill. Orkise Middle High German: Orkîse Possibly derived from Orco, an Alpine...
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