Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Quern-biter – Sword of Haakon I of Norway and his follower, Thoralf Skolinson the Strong, said to be sharp enough to cut through quernstones. Ridill (also Refil) – Sword of the dwarf Regin. Skofnung – The legendary sword of Danish king Hrólf Kraki. It was renowned for supernatural sharpness and hardness, as well as for being imbued with ...
In Worlds of Wonder, Gerrold describes two examples from Ringworld: scrith, strong enough to be used to build a ring 3×10 8 km in diameter; and a character deliberately bred for luck. Gerrold calls bolognium "technobabble", and cautions against overusing it, or using it carelessly; doing so harms the illusion of reality which good sci-fi needs ...
Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail; Devil Whale – Whale capable of swallowing ships
Hynes and Doty, in Mythical Trickster Figures (1997) state that every trickster has several of the following six traits: [1] fundamentally ambiguous and anomalous; deceiver and trick-player; shape-shifter or master of disguise; situation-inverter; messenger and imitator of the gods; sacred and lewd bricoleur
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Person or character who combats adversity through ingenuity, courage, or strength For other uses, see Hero (disambiguation), Heroine (disambiguation), and Heroes (disambiguation). "Heroism" and "Heroine" redirect here. For the film, see Heroism (film). The examples and perspective in ...
Besides this, in the Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, there are legends about the "tengu warai" (天狗笑い, tengu laugh) about how one would hear laughter out of nowhere, and if one simply presses on further, it'd become an even louder laugh, and if one tries laughing back, it'd laugh even louder than before, and the "tengu tsubute ...
The Old Norse form of the word was berserkr (plural berserkir), a compound word of ber and serkr. The second part, serkr , means ' shirt ' (also found in Middle English , see serk ). The first part, ber , on the other hand, can mean several things, but is assumed to have most likely meant ' bear ' , with the full word, berserkr , meaning just ...
Beowulf (/ ˈ b eɪ ə w ʊ l f /; [1] [2] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is a legendary Geatish hero in the eponymous epic poem, one of the oldest surviving pieces of English literature. Etymology and origins of the character