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Sons of Ívaldi, brothers who craft Gungnir, Skíðblaðnir and Sif's hair for the gods. [13] Alvíss, a dwarf who requested the hand in marriage of Thor's daughter Þrúðr. Thor outwits him by keeping him talking until daybreak, whereupon he turns to stone [14] Litr, a dwarf kicked by Thor into Baldr's funeral pyre for an unclear reason. [15]
Jane Barnell (January 3, 1879 [1] – July 21, 1945) was an American bearded lady who worked in circus sideshows, dime museums and carnivals, who used various stage names including Princess Olga, Madame Olga and Lady Olga.
Brother Justin Crowe is the antagonist in Carnivàle; reviewers also saw in him a possible alternate protagonist. [20] Brother Justin is introduced as a Methodist minister who resides with his sister Iris in the small town of Mintern, California. As the series reveals in later episodes, Justin's birth name is Alexei Belyakov.
Dwalin. Younger brother to Balin. He wore a dark green hood and a golden belt, had a blue beard tucked into the belt, and, like his brother Balin, he played the viol. He was the first of the dwarves that Bilbo met. Oin. Brother to Gloin. He wore a brown hood. He and Gloin were charged with starting the campfires. Gloin. Brother to Oin. He wore ...
Souls stop at her lodge while she judges their worthiness to progress on to Wanagi Tamakoce (heaven). Said to mean Blue Woman, but can also translate as Aunt. Pronounced tow-wih; Trauco – Dwarf or goblin-like creature that inhabits the woods of Chiloé islands in Chile.
The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.
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Tyrion is an actual dwarf, achondroplastic and stubby-limbed, a joke to passersby and an embarrassment to his family. [12] Tyrion is intelligent, witty, well-read, and shares his father's skill for business and political maneuvering. [11] Grossman described the character as "a bitter, cynical, high-born dwarf", calling him "Martin's Falstaff". [13]