Norse legends

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• Norse mythological influences on later literature — Norse mythology provides a rich and diverse source which many later writers have borrowed from or built upon. The most well known example is probably The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, although he was by no means the first writer to draw… …   Wikipedia

• Norse mythology in popular culture — The Norse mythology, preserved in such ancient Icelandic texts as the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other lays and sagas, was little known outside Scandinavia until the 19th century. With the widespread publication of Norse myths and legends… …   Wikipedia

• Norse — Norse1 [no:s US no:rs] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Early Dutch noorsch, from noordsch northern ] relating to the people of ancient Scandinavia or their language ▪ Norse legends Norse 2 Norse2 n [U] the language that was… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Norse — adjective connected with the people of ancient Scandinavia or their language: Norse legends …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Norse mythology — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism …   Wikipedia

• Norse rituals — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism …   Wikipedia

• Legends about Theodoric the Great — Dietrich catches the dwarf Alfrich (1883), by Johannes Gehrts. The Gothic King Theodoric the Great was remembered in Germanic legend as Dietrich von Bern (Bern is the Middle High German name for Verona, where Theodoric had one of his residences) …   Wikipedia

• Norse, Harold — (1916– )    An important avant garde poet, translator, and memoirist, Harold Norse first became connected to the Beat movement while living in the Beat Hotel in Paris in the early 1960s. Having already become a member of W. H. Auden’s inner… …   Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

• Literary or Profane Legends —     Literary or Profane Legends     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Literary or Profane Legends     In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In the course of oral transmission historic narrative necessarily becomes …   Catholic encyclopedia

• March of the Norse — Studio album by Demonaz Released …   Wikipedia

• Viking (Norse Mythology) — Viking is the name of the son of Vífil and Eimyrja in Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar. Viking is the father of Thorsten and Thorer.The two daughters of Logi (Haloge) were stolen away by suitors to nearby islands. Viking was a son of one of these… …   Wikipedia