• Norse mythology, Nanna Nepsdóttir (Old Norse: [ˈnɑnːɑ ˈnepsˌdoːtːez̠]) or simply Nanna is a goddess associated with the god Baldr. Accounts of Nanna vary...
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  • also called Suen Nanna (Norse deity), goddess associated with the god Baldr in Norse mythology Nana Buluku, Fon/Dahomey androgynous deity creator of the...
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    a purported deity potentially stemming from a folk etymology Holda, a purported deity proposed by Jacob Grimm Jecha, a purported deity potentially stemming...
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    An, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu and Inanna. After the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad, many Sumerian deities were syncretized with East Semitic...
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    and punish the wicked.: 184  Nanna was god of the moon and of wisdom. He was the father of Utu and one of the patron deities of Ur. He may have also been...
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    Frigg (redirect from Frige (deity))
    Frigg (/frɪɡ/; Old Norse: [ˈfriɡː]) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information...
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    Höðr (redirect from Hod (Norse mythology))
    Höðr (Old Norse: Hǫðr [ˈhɔðz̠] , Latin Hotherus; often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) is a god in Norse mythology. The blind son of Odin and Frigg...
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  • Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies Horses of the Æsir List of Germanic deities Norse cosmology Bölþorn is only mentioned in Hávamál stanza 140 and Gylfaginning...
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    Baldr (category Pages with Old Norse IPA)
    Baldr (Old Norse: [ˈbɑldz̠]; also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg...
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  • Sons of Odin (category Articles containing Old Norse-language text)
    gods and men appear as sons of Odin (Old English: Wōden, Old Norse: Óðinn) in Old Norse and Old English texts. Four gods, Thor, Baldr, Víðarr and Váli...
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    Æsir (redirect from Norse gods)
    Æsir (Old Norse; singular: áss) or ēse (Old English; singular: ōs) are gods in Germanic paganism. In Old Nordic religion and mythology, the precise meaning...
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    Tiamat (category Creator deities)
    the Babylonian epic of creation, Tiamat bears the first generation of deities after mingling her waters with those of Apsu, her consort. The gods continue...
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    Hermóðr (category Pages with Old Norse IPA)
    Hermóðr (Old Norse: [ˈhermˌoːðz̠], "war-spirit"; anglicized as Hermod) is a figure in Norse mythology, a son of the god Odin and brother of Baldr. Hermóðr...
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  • the Heavens Ea, Sumerian Enki: god of crafts Kishar Sin / Suen, Sumerian Nanna (Classical Syriac: ܣܝܼܢ): moon god Ishara Shamash (Classical Syriac: ܫܡܫ):...
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    Hel (from Old Norse: hel, lit. 'underworld') is a female being in Norse mythology who is said to preside over an underworld realm of the same name, where...
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    Fulla (category Pages with Old Norse IPA)
    49 of Gylfaginning, High details that, after the death of the deity couple Baldr and Nanna, the god Hermóðr wagers for their return in the underworld location...
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  • books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the deity Baldr from Norse mythology. Created by editor-plotter Stan Lee and penciller Jack...
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    also other gods that were worshipped. These are the seven deities: Enlil Enki Inanna Nabu Nanna-Suen Ninhursag Utu At various times, a single god in Babylonian...
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    of these Mesopotamian deities were Anu, Enki, Enlil, Ishtar (Astarte), Ashur, Shamash, Shulmanu, Tammuz, Adad/Hadad, Sin (Nanna), Kur, Dagan (Dagon),...
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    Forseti (category Norse gods)
    Forseti (Old Norse "the presiding one", "president" in modern Icelandic and Faroese) is the god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology. He is...
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    Gosforth Cross (category Anglo-Norse England)
    Norse pagan symbolism on the cross may be evidence of the use of pagan stories to illustrate Christian teachings. Christ here is depicted as a deity of...
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    Germanic paganism (category Articles containing Old Norse-language text)
    scholars identify Nerthus as a direct etymological precursor to the Old Norse deity Njörðr, attested over a thousand years later. However, Njörðr is attested...
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  • of the god of a city-state. There were also super-regional mythemes and deities, such as the God Tammuz and the descent to the underworld. Divinations:...
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    Mjölnir (category Articles containing Old Norse-language text)
    Mjölnir (from Old Norse Mjǫllnir) is the hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, used both as a devastating weapon and as a divine instrument...
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  • List of goddesses (category Lists of deities)
    (Afrika) Lamia Libya Nanna Tala Shaheded Tanit Tinjis Bimbache Moneiba Guanche Chaxiraxi Magec (for Japanese Buddhist and syncretic deities, check #Japanese)...
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    Anu Enlil Enki Ninhursag Three sky gods Inanna/Ishtar Nanna/Sin Utu/Shamash Other major deities Adad Dumuzid Enkimdu Enmesharra Ereshkigal Ki Kingu Geshtinanna...
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    Nabu (category Deities in the Hebrew Bible)
    linked with the Greek god Hermes, the Roman god Mercury, and the Egyptian deity Thoth.: 71  Lanfranchi, Giovanni B. (1987). The Correspondence of Sargon...
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    dropping from the vast gash between her legs”. [12] Hitfun - Mandaeism Gjöll - Norse mythology Sanzu River - Japanese Buddhism Styx - Greek mythology Vaitarna...
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  • Fairhair's monarchical centralisation in 872–930, with some Swedes and Norse British settlers — was the northern Germanic religion, which persisted for...
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    soup!". It is also featured in a widespread nursery rhyme in Italy: "Ninna nanna, ninna oh, questo bimbo a chi lo do? Lo darò all' uomo nero, che lo tiene...
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