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  2. Bellatrix Lestrange - Wikipedia

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    Bellatrix was the first female Death Eater introduced in the books. Bellatrix had a fanatic obsession with the Dark Lord although she was clearly fearful of his magical abilities and absolute power over his forces. She is almost as sadistic and homicidal as Lord Voldemort, with a psychotic personality.

  3. Death in Norse paganism - Wikipedia

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    The fylgja is linked with the fate of the individual and can leave the individual after death, or transfer to family members. [3] Hamingja – an entity that comprises the luck of a person. The hamingja could leave the person after their death and be inherited by another, including those outside the family. [4]

  4. Queen of the Night aria - Wikipedia

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    Alice Verlet as Queen of the Night, 1912 The first singer to perform the aria onstage was Mozart's sister-in-law Josepha Hofer , who at the time was 32. By all accounts, Hofer had an extraordinary upper register and an agile voice and apparently Mozart, being familiar with Hofer's vocal ability, wrote the two blockbuster arias to showcase it.

  5. Jadwiga of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Jadwiga (Polish: ⓘ; 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (from German) and in Hungarian: Hedvig, was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death.

  6. Death Eater - Wikipedia

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    Alex Palmer (credited as "Death Eater") Gibbon Assaults Hogwarts students and staff the night Dumbledore is killed. Gibbon is accidentally killed by his fellow Death Eater Thorfinn Rowle. N/A Jugson Particpates in the break-in at the Department of Mysteries and later escapes from Azkaban. N/A Mr. and Mrs. Lee

  7. Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Wikipedia

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    Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, [3] princess of the night or queen of the night, [4] is a species of cactus with a native range from Mexico to Nicaragua. [5] It blooms nocturnally, and its flowers wilt before dawn.

  8. Death and immortality in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey comments that "the themes of the Escape from Death, and the Escape from Deathlessness, are vital parts of Tolkien's entire mythology." [8] In a 1968 BBC television broadcast, Tolkien quoted French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir and described the inevitability of death as the "key-spring of The Lord of the Rings ...

  9. Sæhrímnir - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Sæhrímnir is the creature killed and eaten every night by the Æsir and einherjar. The cook of the gods, Andhrímnir, is responsible for the slaughter of Sæhrímnir and its preparation in the cauldron Eldhrímnir. After Sæhrímnir is eaten, the beast is brought back to life again to provide sustenance for the following day.