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*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune ᚺ, meaning "hail" (the precipitation). In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as hægl, and, in the Younger Futhark, as ᚼ hagall. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌷 h, named hagl. The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred ᚺ and double ...
Balin: Dwarf companion of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit.Slain during an attempt to retake Moria.; Bard the Bowman: Man of Esgaroth who slew Smaug the dragon.; Beorn: Skin-changer who resides in the region of Mirkwood and takes the form of a great bear.
The name "The Hague" is commonly used metonymically to refer to either ... The post office specifies that letters should be addressed ... 9.4 (48.9) 12.8 (55.0) 15.6
Hag (Many cultures worldwide) – wise old woman who is usually a malevolent spirit or a disguised goddess; Haietlik (Nuu-chah-nulth) – water serpent; Halloi - natural maiden spirits of celestial origin; Hai-uri – male cannibalistic partially invisible monster
Under the name Elphaba, she is the protagonist of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel and the 2003 musical Wicked, and is born green due to an elixir given by her father (the Wizard of Oz) to her mother (the wife of the governor of Munchkinland) during their adulterous affair. Discovering that she has real powers, the Wizard of Oz orders her arrest ...
The Alberich who aids Ortnit is paralleled by the French Auberon, who aids Huon de Bordeaux and whose name derives from Alberich. [17] Auberon entered English literature through Lord Berner 's translation of the chanson de geste around 1540, then as Oberon , the king of elves and fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (see below).
"United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010.
The name of the stock character comes from the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32), in which the young son who has lost his way symbolizes the sinners and tax collectors (see Luke 15:1), the hardworking elder brother symbolizes the self-righteous Pharisees, and the kind father symbolizes God.