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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 ...
Ann Basso wrote in Mythlore that all the women in The Lord of the Rings are either noble or ethereal like Éowyn and Galadriel, or simple rustics like Rosie, with one exception: Goldberry, the River-woman's daughter, wife of Tom Bombadil, who appears as a biblical Eve figure to Galadriel's Mary. In her view, the "roster of women" are "rich and ...
Satyress is the female equivalent to satyrs. They are entirely an invention of post-Roman European artists, as the Greek satyrs were exclusively male and the closest there was to female counterparts were the nymphs , altogether different creatures who, however, were nature spirits or deities like the satyrs.
A list of 72 angels of the 9 choir orders, with esoteric meaning related to the names of God Selaphiel: Sealtiel, Selatiel Christianity Archangel Patron saint of prayer and worship Seraph (type) [note 1] Seraphim (plural) Christianity, Islam, Judaism (type) Seraphiel [19] Christianity, Judaism Seraph Protector of Metatron, chief of seraphim ...
Roll, Splash Woman, Alia, Iris, Layer, Palette and Fairy Leviathan from various Mega Man series (1987–2006) Supervisor, from Rise of the Robots (1994), is a gynoid nanomorph. She controls the Electrocorp factory. The visual novel series To Heart features a number of gynoids including Multi, Serio, Feel, and Ilfa.
Talaus, a king of Argos who sailed with the Argonauts. Tegyrios, a king of Thrace. Telamon, a king of Salamis and father of Ajax; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Telephus, a king of Mysia and son of Heracles. Temenus, a king of Argos and descendant of Heracles.
The Gorgons ( / ˈɡɔːrɡənz / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες ), [ 2] in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters the Graeae, and were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Euryale and Stheno were immortal, but ...
The role of the soubrette is often to help two young lovers overcome the blocking agents (e.g. chaperones or parents) that stand in the way of their blossoming romance. Violet Gray. Susanna ( The Marriage of Figaro) Gretchen Wieners ( Lacey Chabert in Mean Girls) Poison Ivy ( DC Comics) Southern belle.