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Carnwennan ("Little White Hilt") was the dagger of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends. In Culhwch and Olwen, Arthur names it as one of the few things in the world which he will not give to Culhwch. Later, he uses it to slay the witch Orddu, the daughter of the witch Orwen, by slicing her in half. [1]
The classicist Suffridus Petrus (1527-1597), professor in Cologne and official chronicler of the Estates of Friesland and his successor in Friesland Bernardus Furmerius (1545-1616) constructed a series of fictitious princes, dukes and kings, beginning with Prince Friso, son of Adel, who had allegedly migrated from India during the time of ...
King Arthur Rhongomyniad , or Rhongomiant (variously translated as "Slaying Spear," "Cutting Spear" or "Striking Spear"), was the spear of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends . Unlike Arthur’s two other weapons, his sword Caledfwlch and his dagger Carnwennan , Rhongomyniad has no apparent magical powers.
The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire [2] or Bar Saʿad dīn (alt. spelling Adel Sultanate, Adal Sultanate) (Arabic: سلطنة عدل), was a medieval Sunni Muslim Empire which was located in the Horn of Africa. [3] It was founded by Sabr ad-Din III on the Harar plateau in Adal after the fall of the Sultanate of Ifat. [4]
A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. [1] The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). [ 2 ]
Anitta, according to the middle chronology, reigned c. 1740–1725 BC, [4] or alternatively c. 1730-1715 BC (low middle chronology), and is the author of the Anitta text (CTH 1.A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974), [5] the oldest known text in the Hittite language, [6] also classified as "cushion-shaped" tablet KBo 3.22, [7] [8] being the oldest known text in an Indo-European language altogether.
Duncan was born in Newport-on-Tay, Scotland [1] and was educated at the High School of Dundee [2] before studying geology at the University of St Andrews. [3] After graduating in 1955, he moved to Calgary, Alberta, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1960. [4]
In rock climbing, a crack climb is a type of climbing route that follows a system of crack(s) or fissure(s) that the climber uses to ascend the route. The width of the crack dictates the techniques needed, and crack-climbs are further differentiated by the body parts that can be 'jammed' into them, such as finger cracks (the narrowest), hand/fist cracks, arm cracks, and body (also called ...