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  2. Casimir - Wikipedia

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    Casimir is a Latin version of the Polish male name Kazimierz (Polish pronunciation: [ka'ʑi.mjeʂ]). The original Polish feminine form is Kazimiera, in Latin and other languages rendered as Casimira. It has two possible meanings: "preacher of peace" or alternatively "destroyer of peace". [1]

  3. List of jötnar in Norse mythology - Wikipedia

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    Name Name meaning Alternative names Attested relatives Attestations Ægir "Sea", Awe, Holy (a Norse appellation for Hagia Sofia is Ægir Sif) Hlér, Gymir, Mæri simbli sumbls. Father: Fornjótr Brothers: Logi, Kári Wife: Rán Daughters: Blóðughadda, Bylgja, Dröfn (Bára), Dúfa, Hefring, Himinglæva, Hrönn, Kólga, Uðr

  4. List of valkyrie names - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Líf and Lífþrasir - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of Lífþrasir and Líf (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. In Norse mythology, Líf (identical with the Old Norse noun meaning "life, the life of the body") [1] and Lífþrasir (Old Norse masculine name from líf and þrasir and defined by Lexicon Poëticum as "Livæ amator, vitæ amans, vitæ cupidus" "Líf's lover, lover of life, zest for life"), [2] sometimes anglicized as Lif and ...

  6. Shiva - Wikipedia

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    'The Great God', IAST: Mahādevaḥ, [mɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh]) [15] [16] [17] and Hara, [18] is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. [19] He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. [20] Shiva is known as The Destroyer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu.

  7. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    Owuo, Akan God of Death and Destruction, and the Personification of death. Name means death in the Akan language. Asase Yaa, one half of an Akan Goddess of the barren places on Earth, Truth and is Mother of the Dead; Amokye, Psychopomp in Akan religion who fishes the souls of the dead from the river leading to Asamando, the Akan underworld

  8. 75 of the Most Common Japanese Last Names and Their Meanings

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    7. Yamamoto. This means "one who lives at the foot of the mountains." 8. Nakamura. Means "person from middle village." 9. Kobayashi. Means "small forest."

  9. Personifications of death - Wikipedia

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    Death is a significant event in Islamic life and theology. It is seen not as the termination of life, but rather the continuation of life in another form. In Islamic belief, God has made this worldly life a test and a preparation ground for the afterlife; and with death, this worldly life comes to an end. [42]