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Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
The names of the classes derive from the nouns themselves, which are prototypical members of each gender. [20] Peterson describes Valyrian gender as being inherent but more predictable from phonology than gender in French, with some of the derivational properties of the noun classes of Bantu languages. [20]
List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 13 February 2025, at 04:11 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The name "Despotate of Epirus" is a modern historiographical name and was not used at the time. Some rulers used the version "despot of Romania" (Romania essentially referring to the territories of the Roman Empire, i.e. Byzantium) or "despot of the Romans" (claiming rulership over the Romans, i.e. the Byzantines/Greeks). Ottoman sultans
The Free Cities were colonies built by the ancient Valyrian Freehold, and later declared independence after the Doom of Valyria. An exception to this is Braavos, which was founded by refugees fleeing Valyrian expansion, escaped slaves and other rabble. [57] The languages of the Free Cities are derivatives of High Valyrian. [68]
The Valyrian steel dagger, aka the catspaw dagger from 'Game of Thrones' keeps reappearing in HBO's prequel series 'House of the Dragon'. Here's what it means.
Argos, loyal hunting dog of Odysseus.; Laertes, father of Odysseus.; Penelope, Odysseus' faithful wife.She uses her quick wits to put off her many suitors and remain loyal to her errant husband.
Reconstruction of the late antique Hunting Amazons mosaic. The Amazons were a group or race of female warriors in Ancient Greek mythology. Most of them are only briefly named in one or two sources, either as companions of Penthesilea at the Trojan War, or as being killed by Heracles during his 12 labours.