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It originates from a combination of several factors, the dominant being the strong semi-diurnal tides and peculiar shape of the seabed, with a shallow ridge between the Moskenesøya and Værøya islands which amplifies and whirls the tidal currents. Moskstraumen has been featured in many historical accounts, generally exaggerated.
Ragnar Lodbrok ("Ragnar hairy-breeches") (Old Norse: Ragnarr loðbrók), [a] according to legends, [2] was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. [3]He is known from Old Norse poetry of the Viking Age, Icelandic sagas, and near-contemporary chronicles.
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir (Old Norse "open one") [1] is the binding that holds the mighty wolf Fenrir (as attested in chapter 34 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning).Its name means "the entangled one" or "the deceiver", and has also been translated as "wolf lock" and "absurd lock".
Sword of the Dark Ones, known in Japan as Ragnarok (Japanese: ラグナロク, Hepburn: Ragunaroku), is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki.Based on a novel written by Kentaro Yasui, the series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine from 2000 to 2003, with its individual chapters collected into three volumes.
He indicates many legends and myths from various cultures, such as Zoroastrian, Pictish, Hindu, and Ancient Greece, that are all suggestive of a comet striking the earth, the earth catching fire, poisonous gases choking people, and floods and tidal waves swamping large areas. He also discusses early culture's tendency to heliotheism, which he ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development with the State Department to boost its efficiency and ensure its spending is ...
Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr, "worm of Midgard"), is an unfathomably large and monstrous sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling ...
Amanda Schlick shared an emotional TikTok of her husband Josh's final birthday before his death from stomach cancer. Josh was a dedicated police officer for 17 years, 15 of those as a sergeant