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A haltija (haltia) is a spirit, gnome, or elf-like creature in Finnish mythology that guards, helps, or protects something or somebody. The word is possibly derived from the Gothic haltijar, which referred to the original settler of a homestead—although this is not the only possible etymology.
In June 2020, Canva announced a partnership with FedEx Office [22] and with Office Depot the following month. [23] As of June 2020, Canva's valuation had risen to A$6 billion, rising to A$40 billion by September 2021. [24] [25] In September 2021, Canva raised US$200 million, with its value peaking that year at US$40 billion.
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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.
Faithfully by the Elf-King's side was the archer Tinnfierl, a slim elf with auburn hair, wearing a mixture of tan leather and green cloth, and with bow and arrow strapped to his back." For Mazza, there are many of the En' Edan , to include the elves or En' Edhel , the race of dwarfs or the En' Naug , and those of man who reside in the northern ...
Kings of the Noldor in Valinor High Kings of the Noldor in exile in Middle-earth The Sons of Fëanor are (in the order of their birth) Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Caranthir, Amras, and Amrod. [T 19] [T 20] The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey comments that the family tree of the House of Finwë is "essential", as Tolkien allocates character by ancestry ; thus, Fëanor is pure Noldor, and ...
The framework for J. R. R. Tolkien's conception of his Elves, and many points of detail in his portrayal of them, is thought by Haukur Þorgeirsson to have come from the survey of folklore and early modern scholarship about elves (álfar) in Icelandic tradition in the introduction to Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri ('Icelandic legends and fairy tales').
In Norse mythology, a half-elf is the offspring of an elf and a human. Major examples include Skuld and Högni. [1] [2] Högni was a hero in Thidreks saga, born to a human queen when an elf visited her while the king was away. [2] Skuld was a Danish princess, as told in Hrólf Kraki's saga. King Helgi, sleeping alone as he had not been invited ...