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Having gathered a company of Irish knights, Horn sets sail for Westernesse, only to find out that the marriage had already taken place. Disguised as an old palmer, having darkened his skin, Horn infiltrates the castle of King Modi, where the wedding feast is taking place, and contrives to return to her the ring she had given him at the time of ...
Westernesse is a fictional kingdom in the Middle English romance of King Horn. It also featured in the writings of Tolkien as a translation of Númenor , a realm in Middle-earth . King Horn
In Anglican chant pointing, the dagger indicates a verse to be sung to the second part of the chant. In some early printed Bible translations, a dagger or double dagger indicates that a literal translation of a word or phrase is to be found in the margin. In biology, the dagger next to a taxon name indicates that the taxon is extinct. [23] [24 ...
In The Lord of the Rings, the four hobbits are trapped by a barrow-wight, and are lucky to escape with their lives; but they gain ancient swords of Westernesse for their quest. Tolkien derived the idea of barrow-wights from Norse mythology, where heroes of several Sagas battle undead beings known as draugrs.
On the Day of Daggers (French: Journée des Poignards), 28 February 1791, hundreds of nobles with concealed weapons such as daggers went to the Tuileries Palace, in Paris, to defend King Louis XVI while Marquis de Lafayette led the National Guard in Vincennes to stop a riot. A confrontation between the guards and the nobles started, as the ...
At least 37 people from Early Bronze Age England were butchered and likely cannibalized before being thrown down a shaft during a grim chapter of British prehistory.
However, in the last hundred years or so, in most contexts, a dagger has certain definable characteristics, including a short blade with a sharply tapered point, a central spine or fuller, and usually two cutting edges sharpened the full length of the blade, or nearly so.
Sardo Numpsa later enters Chandler makes a deal with Chandler via a dream sequence, that he will give over the Golden Child if he can retrieve the Ajanti Dagger. Kee Nang meanwhile, is tied-up with toilet paper [23] [24] while wearing a black leather bodice. Unbeknownst to Chandler and Kee, is that Sardo needs the dagger to kill the Golden Child.