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The Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth, whose lyrics deal primarily with Viking culture and Norse mythology, [7] and the North American doom metal band Orodruin, are named after the mountain. [8] Mount Ngauruhoe was Peter Jackson's inspiration for the Mount Doom in his films.
The name Mirkwood derives from the forest Myrkviðr of Norse mythology. 19th-century writers interested in philology, including the folklorist Jacob Grimm and the artist and fantasy writer William Morris, speculated romantically about the wild, primitive Northern forest, the Myrkviðr inn ókunni ("the pathless Mirkwood") and the secret roads across it, in the hope of reconstructing supposed ...
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
Most of the surviving mythology centers on the plights of the gods and their interaction with several other beings, such as humanity and the jötnar, beings who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of the gods. The cosmos in Norse mythology consists of Nine Worlds that flank a central sacred tree, Yggdrasil. Units of time and ...
The name Þorri has long been connected with that of Þórr, the name of the Norse thunder god Thor, or thunder personified. [ 3 ] A grandson of King Snow, and Frost before that, king Nór marries Hedda (Höddu) daughter of Svaða Jótun that may be seen as descending from the Scyldings , from the Kings of Lejre , the stronghold of the ...
In Norse mythology, Móði (Old Norse: ; anglicized Módi or Mothi) and Magni are the sons of Thor.Their names translate to "Wrath" and "Mighty," respectively. Rudolf Simek states that, along with Thor's daughter Þrúðr ("Strength"), they embody their father's foot .
'earth') is the personification of earth and a goddess in Norse mythology. She is the mother of the thunder god Thor and a sexual partner of Odin . [ 1 ] Jörð is attested in Danish history Gesta Danorum , composed in the 12th century by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus ; the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century by an unknown individual ...
Loki tricks Höðr into shooting Baldr. Höðr (Old Norse: Hǫðr ⓘ, Latin Hotherus; [1] often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) [a] is a god in Norse mythology.The blind son of Odin, he is tricked and guided by Loki into shooting a mistletoe arrow which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.