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Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
This name was retained from a former name, of feminist Amelia Bloomer. Bloomer was captured from Confederates in 1862, but then served in the U.S. Navy from 1863–65. USS Pocahontas (1852), a screw sloop commissioned in 1860 and, USS Pocahontas (YT-266), a harbor tug commissioned in 1942, both named for the famed Native American princess ...
Pages in category "Destroyer goddesses" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ambika (goddess) C.
PeopleImages/Getty Images. An imposing and decidedly badass name that means “destroyer” and belongs to the God of the Sun in Greek and Roman mythology.. 28.
Baby Girl Names That Mean Warrior 1. Bellatrix. Imagesbybarbara/Getty Images. Bellatrix is a name of Latin origin that means “female warrior,” and Harry Potter fans will likely recognize it as ...
Deianira was the daughter of Althaea and her husband Oeneus [7] (whose name means "wine-man"), the king of Calydon (after the wine-god gave the king the vine to cultivate), and the half-sister of Meleager. Her other siblings were Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus (or Ageleus), Thyreus (or Phereus or Pheres), Gorge, Eurymede and Melanippe. [8] [9]
Name Name meaning Alternative names Attested relatives Attestations Eggthér: blade servant, eagle: None attested: None attested: Völuspá: Elldridr: Vilhjalms saga sjóðs: Eimgeitir: fire goat, smoke goat: None attested: None attested: Nafnaþulur: Eistla 'the stormy one', 'the glowing one' None attested
The name Kāla appears in the Shiva Sahasranama, where it is translated by Ram Karan Sharma as "(the Supreme Lord of) Time". [256] Bhairava "terrible" or "frightful" [257] is a fierce form associated with annihilation. In contrast, the name Śaṇkara, "beneficent" [36] or "conferring happiness" [258] reflects his benign form.