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91Elf — This article is about the mythical creature. For other uses, see Elf (disambiguation). An elf (plural elves) is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings (wights, vættir) endowed with magical… …
92Hel (being) — Hel (1889) by Johannes Gehrts. In Norse mythology, Hel is a being who presides over a realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead. Hel is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional… …
93Kenning — A kenning (Old Norse kenning [cʰɛnːiŋg] , Modern Icelandic pronunciation [cʰɛnːiŋk] ) is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry. For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð , the regular… …
94Norse mythology — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism …
95Eric Bloodaxe — Infobox Norwegian Royalty|monarch name =Eric Bloodaxe title =King of Norway caption =Eric is convinced by his wife Gunnhild to kill the Finnish wizards. From an illustration by Christian Krohg. reign =c. 931 – c. 933 coronation = predecessor… …
96Bard — citations missing|date=October 2007: For other meanings of the word, see Bard (disambiguation). A bard was one of a caste of poets and scholars of medieval and early modern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall.The term acquired generic meanings… …
97Máni — A depiction of Máni and Sól (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. In Norse mythology, Máni (Old Norse/Icelandic moon [1]) is the moon personified. Máni, personified, is atte …
98Sverker II of Sweden — Sverker The Younger Karlsson or Sverker den yngre Karlsson in Swedish (Old Norse: Sörkvir Karlsson ) (born before 1167, probably already c. 1164 ndash; died July 17 1210 in the Battle of Gestilren), was king of Sweden from 1196 to 1208. Biography …
99Bragi Boddason — In his Edda Snorri Sturluson quotes many stanzas attributed to Bragi Boddason the old ( Bragi Boddason inn gamli ), a court poet who served several Swedish kings, Ragnar Lodbrok, Östen Beli and Björn at Hauge who reigned in the first half of the… …
100Björn at Haugi — This account dates king Björn to the first half of the 9th century, as his nephew Eric Anundsson was the contemporary of Harald Fairhair [http://runeberg.org/anf/1890/0148.html Jónsson, Finnur. (1890). Om skjaldepoesien og de ældste skjalde , in… …
