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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 ...
Eilistraee's name is pronounced as EEL-iss-TRAY-yee", [1] "eel-ISS-tray-ee", [2] "eel-iss-tray-yee" [3] or "eil-iss-tray-yee". [ 4 ] In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, Eilistraee is the daughter of Corellon Larethian and of Araushnee (who later took the name Lolth after being punished by Corellon), a free-spirited and kind-hearted ...
The name is derived from Tolkien's etymological word list written in the 1930s; here Tolkien provides the word hadhathang (dissimilated: havathang, hadhafang), which he translates as "throng-cleaver", though he never used this name in his writings. [T 37]
Thorin Oakenshield: Dwarf noble who led the company of dwarves that retook Erebor from the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. Slain during the Battle of the Five Armies. Tom Bombadil: A mysterious figure who aided the hobbits during their departure from the Shire in The Fellowship of the Ring. Treebeard: Leader of the Ents in The Lord of the Rings.
The armor was invulnerable against fire, water and weapons. (Persian mythology) Golden Coat of Chainmail, part of Fafnir's treasure which Sigurd took after he slew the dragon. (Norse mythology) Green Armor, protects the wearer from physical injuries. (Arthurian legend) Kavacha, the armor of Karna that was granted to him by his father Surya at birth
Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world, mostly plate but some mail armour, arranged by the part of body that is protected and roughly by date.
Alhana names her nephew Gilthas leader of the elven people and departs. In the Elven Exiles Trilogy, it is revealed that Alhana has gone searching for Porthios, and she eventually finds him in Bianost. She joins his fight to free Qualinesti, comes with him to Khur to save the elves there, and then returns with him to Qualinesti to continue the ...
The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia considers Tolkien's use of the adjective "thrawn", noting its similarity with Þráinn, a noun meaning "obstinate person", and a name found in the Norse list of Dwarf-names, the Dvergatal in the Völuspá. Tolkien took it for the name, Thráin, of two of Thorin Oakenshield's ancestors.