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However, there is the text of a spell reversing a Wolfbann recorded in 1635, in effect again a Wolfsegen, but against a specific wolf earlier conjured by a Wolfbann. [ 3 ] The Wolfssegner , or more generally Segner , were mostly destitute elderly men who made a living by selling charms or incantations.
The Wolves Pursuing Sól and Máni by J. C. Dollman, 1909 Far away and long ago by Willy Pogany, 1920. In Norse mythology, Sköll (Old Norse: Skǫll, "Treachery" [1] or "Mockery" [2]) is a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases the Sun (personified as a goddess, Sól) riding her chariot across the sky.
Elaborating on the connection between wolves and figures of great power, he writes: "This is why Geri and Freki, the wolves at Woden's side, also glowered on the throne of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Wolf-warriors, like Geri and Freki, were not mere animals but mythical beings: as Woden's followers they bodied forth his might, and so did wolf-warriors."
According to another variation, the wolf-like beast will hunt down and kill Catholics who do not follow the rules of Lent. [3] This coincides with the French Catholic loup-garou stories, according to which the method for turning into a werewolf is to break Lent seven years in a row.
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Among Serbian names are many apotropaic names (zaštitna imena, "protective names"), such as Vuk ("wolf") (and its many derivatives) and Staniša [40] ("stone"). Historical Chinese given names sometimes had apotropaic meanings, such as in the case of Huo Qubing (霍 去病, "Qubing" meaning "away with illness"), or Xin Qiji (辛 棄疾, "Qiji ...
Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play. The player is then allowed to choose Grandmaster Kai disciplines and a selection of Dessi and Crystal Star magics.
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".