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  2. Signy - Wikipedia

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    Sigmund and Sinfjötli kill Siggeir to avenge the death of their father/grandfather together. It is only after this that Signy informs Sigmund of the incest that led to Sinfjötli's birth. Signy then walks into the fire that is killing her husband, announcing, "In everything I have worked toward the killing of King Siggeir.

  3. Honorifics for the dead in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    May Hashem avenge his / her blood Martyred Jews or Jews killed by antisemites: Hana "Hanička" Bradyová HY"D or Hana "Hanička" Bradyová הי״ד: HK"M: הכ״מ הריני כפרת משכבו Hareini Kaparot Mishkavo. הריני כפרת משכבה Hareini Kaparot Mishkava. May I be an atonement for his/her resting: A parent who has passed ...

  4. Goel (Judaism) - Wikipedia

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    Goel (Hebrew: גואל, romanized: goʾel}redeemer), in the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic Judaism, is a person who, as the nearest relative of someone, is charged with the duty of restoring that person's rights and avenging wrongs done to him or her.

  5. Laertes (Hamlet) - Wikipedia

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    Laertes / l eɪ ˈ ɜːr t iː z / is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.Laertes is Polonius' son and Ophelia's brother. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which he blamed Hamlet.

  6. Joab - Wikipedia

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    Death of Absalom, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld.Joab is depicted directly to the left of Absalom. Joab (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ æ b /; Hebrew יוֹאָב ‎ Modern: Yōʼav, Tiberian: Yōʼāḇ) the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army, according to the Hebrew Bible.

  7. Víðarr - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart by W. G. Collingwood, 1908, inspired by the Gosforth Cross. In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse: [ˈwiːðɑrː], possibly "wide ruler", [1] sometimes anglicized as Vidar / ˈ v iː d ɑːr /, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance.

  8. Revenge - Wikipedia

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    Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1805 –1808. Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real [1] or perceived. [2]

  9. Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.