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    Dís (redirect from Dísir)
    plural dísir [ˈdiːsez̠]) is a female deity, ghost, or spirit associated with Fate who can be either benevolent or antagonistic toward mortals. Dísir may...
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    that the dísir were valkyrie-like guardians of the dead, and indeed in Guðrúnarkviða I 19 the valkyries are even called Herjans dísir "Odin's dísir". The...
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    have been assumed or theorized between the idisi and the North Germanic dísir; female beings associated with fate, as well as the amended place name Idistaviso...
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    Freyja herself, the natural leader of the collective female deities called dísir, and the place of the queen's suicide seems thus to be connected with Freyja...
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    pagan burials and small silver female figures interpreted as valkyries or dísir, beings associated with war, fate or ancestor cults. By way of historical...
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    Dísablót (the sacrifice to the dísir), the Disting (thing of the dísir), and various Scandinavian place names involving the dísir where worship may have occurred...
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  • attested among other Germanic peoples (specifically those involving the dísir, collective female ancestral beings, and Yule), and the Germanic Matres...
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  • been a revolt. The revolt is quickly put down by the Dísir under Mephisto's command. The Dísir leader Brün tries to negotiate with Mephisto because she...
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    between norns, fylgjas, hamingjas, and valkyries, nor with the generic term dísir. Moreover, artistic license permitted such terms to be used for mortal women...
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    holiday) which was held in honour of the female spirits or deities called dísir (and the Valkyries), from pre-historic times until the Christianization...
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  • Centaur, Abanasinian Centaur, Crystalmir Centaur, Endscape Centaur, Wendle Disir Time of the Dragon (1989) Draconian (proto-), Traag Time of the Dragon (1989)...
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    German, the Merseburg Incantations. More generally, in Norse mythology, the Dísir ('ladies') are fate goddesses who can be both benevolent and antagonistic...
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    leader of the Disir, she was the first one to be cursed by Bor due to their rebellion when working with Sigurd Göndul – a member of the Disir, she is a coward...
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    emerges as the mythological role model for the Valkyrjar [sic] and the dísir." Gustav Neckel, writing in 1920, connects Freyja to the Phrygian goddess...
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    Brepols. pp. 1051–1121. ISBN 978-2-503-57489-9. Lindow, John (2020e). "Dísir". In Schjødt, Jens Peter; Lindow, John; Andrén, Anders (eds.). The Pre-Christian...
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    A number of legendary creatures appear in Germanic mythology, such as dísir, fylgjur, draugar, dwarfs, elves, as well as jötnar, goblins, giants, trolls...
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    Co. pp. lvi–lvii. Ólína Þorvarðardóttir (1987). "Sæbúar, vatnaverur og dísir". Íslenskar þjóðsögur: álfar og tröll (in Icelandic). Bóka- og blaðaútgáfan...
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  • immediately grows fond of Daimon and asks him to be his new master. After the Disir attack, Thori helps Thor, Loki, and the Warriors Three go to Sigurd and...
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    at sea. Other female deities such as the valkyries, the norns, and the dísir are associated with a Germanic concept of fate (Old Norse Ørlög, Old English...
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  • 'dream-woman' and the bad here are also difficult to distinguish from the dísir according to Carolyne Larrington. It is hardly surprising in medieval context...
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  • went São Paulo to defend it from Dísir, who have taken control over South America. Champions started fighting them, Dísir's leader Brün attacked Ms. Marvel...
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  • Sefa Josette Simon as The Euchdag Barry Aird as Beroun Frances Tomelty as Disir Alexandra Dowling as Kara Gordon Munro as Alrick John Shrapnel as King Sarrum...
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    families. Hamingjur, dísir and swanmaidens are female supernatural figures of uncertain stature within the belief system; the dísir may have functioned...
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  • prey to the Disir. The Disir, still hungry, attack Hela's new Hel as it was not the true Hel they were banished from. Sensing the Disir's assault on the...
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  • that prior to this these goddesses were considered among the collective dísir, and were, in turn, related to the Germanic Matronae. Orchard (1997:157)...
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    gallego, sesean y por lo mismo al hablar el español común: 'dose', 'lus', 'disir', 'conoser', 'rasión', 'empesar" (27). [Rabanal (1967) characterized seseo...
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    such as MISA, DISIR, and COFEPOSA. During the emergency 34,988 people were arrested under MISA, and 75,818 people were arrested under DISIR. This included...
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  • Sorrow" Ashley Way Jake Michie 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 6.86 57 5 "The Disir" Ashley Way Richard McBrien 3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 6.88 58 6 "The...
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  • again returns to halt the wedding between Asgardian Sigurd and Valkyrie Dísir, causing much ire with the two as well as Danielle Moonstar, Hela, and Loki...
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  • to retrieve Bor, the Father of Odin to free the Disir from his curse. Finally the truth behind the Disir is revealed and Hela acquires bold new allies....
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