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Axel Kock has proposed Fárbauti's name and character may have been inspired by the observation of the natural phenomena surrounding the appearance of wildfire.If Fárbauti as "dangerous striker" refers to "lightning", the figure would appear to be part of an early nature myth alluding to wildfire (Loki) being produced by lightning (Fárbauti) striking dry tinder such as leaves (Laufey) or ...
Laufey or Nál is a figure in Norse mythology and the mother of Loki. The latter is frequently mentioned by the matronymic Loki Laufeyjarson ( Old Norse 'Loki Laufey's son') in the Poetic Edda , rather than the expected traditional patronymic Loki Fárbautason ('son of Fárbauti '), in a mythology where kinship is usually reckoned through male ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [t] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [74]
A soldier of the Jerusalem Brigade was killed fighting Hamas in central Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 342. [500] Three PIJ and one Hezbollah militants were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a car on the Damascus-Beirut highway near Al-Zabadani junction in Rif Dimashq Governorate, southern Syria. [501]
An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre, killing a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and a civilian. Since the Israel-Hamas war ...
As of 8 January 2025, over 47,000 people – 45,936 Palestinian [3] and 1,706 Israeli [24] – have been reported killed in the Israel–Hamas war, as well as 166 journalists and media workers, [27] 120 academics, [28] and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, a number that includes 179 employees of UNRWA. [29]
Earlier this week satirical show “Eretz Nehederet,” the Israeli version of “Saturday Night Live,” broadcast a special featuring a sketch about the BBC’s reporting of a rocket attack on a ...
Israelis domestically and abroad have primarily called for the return of hostages held by Hamas. The biggest war-related protest movement in Israel, named "Bring Them Home Now" and aims for the return of the hostages, has demonstrated on a weekly basis in Tel Aviv near the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) headquarters. [1]