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1. 404 relations: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War, Age of Empires Online, Age of Empires: Mythologies, Age of Mythology, Alan Garner, Alden Richards, American Gods, American Gods (TV series), Amon Amarth, And Another Thing... (novel), Andvari, Ark: Survival Evolved, Armageddon, Artificial intelligence, Asgard, Asgard (comics), Ash of Gods: Redemption, Asmodeus, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Atlantis, Attack on Titan, Avengers (comics), Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Æsir, Útgarðar, Balder the Brave, Baldr, Bathory (band), Bayonetta, Bergelmir, Bethesda Softworks, Bifröst, Bitfrost, Black metal, Bladedance of Elementalers, Blind Guardian, Bloodtide (novel), Blue Dragon (TV series), Boktai, Brísingamen, Brunhild, Burzum, Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, Captain America, Castle of the Winds, Catholic Church, Chris Hemsworth, Clash of the Gods (TV series), ... Expand index (354 more) »

2. Norse mythology in art and literature
3. Viking Age in popular culture

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

is a 2006 combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2.

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Age of Empires Online

Age of Empires Online is a multiplayer online real-time strategy game developed by Robot Entertainment and Gas Powered Games that was released on August 16, 2011.

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Age of Empires: Mythologies

Age of Empires: Mythologies is a turn-based strategy video game based on Age of Mythology.

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Age of Mythology

Age of Mythology (AoM) is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Norse mythology in popular culture and Age of Mythology are viking Age in popular culture.

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Alan Garner

Alan Garner (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales.

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Alden Richards

Richard Reyes Faulkerson Jr. (born January 2, 1992), known professionally as Alden Richards, is a Filipino entertainer, who rose to fame when he was paired with Maine Mendoza, as part of the love team, AlDub.

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American Gods

American Gods (2001) is a novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Norse mythology in popular culture and American Gods are Norse mythology in art and literature.

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American Gods (TV series)

American Gods is an American fantasy drama television series based on Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel of the same name and developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for the premium cable network Starz.

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Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992.

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And Another Thing... (novel)

And Another Thing... is the sixth and final installment of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy of six books".

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Andvari

In Norse mythology, Andvari (12th c. Old Norse:; "careful one") is a dwarf who lives underneath a waterfall and has the power to change himself into a pike (gedda) at will.

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Ark: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ARK) is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard.

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Armageddon

According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Armageddon (Late Latin: Armagedōn; from Hebrew: Har Məgīddō) is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, which is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.

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Asgard

In Nordic mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr; "enclosure of the Æsir") is a location associated with the gods.

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Asgard (comics)

Asgard is a fictional realm and its capital city appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Ash of Gods: Redemption

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a tactical role-playing video game developed by AurumDust.

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Asmodeus

Asmodeus (Ἀσμοδαῖος, Asmodaios) or Ashmedai (ʾAšmədʾāy; آشماداي; see below for other variations) is a king of demons in the legends of Solomon and the constructing of Solomon's Temple.

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2020 Viking fantasy action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.

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Atlantis

Atlantis (Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος|island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations.

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Attack on Titan

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.

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Avengers (comics)

The Avengers are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers.

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Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers.

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Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers.

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Æsir

Æsir (Old Norse; singular: áss) or ēse (Old English; singular: ōs) are gods in Germanic paganism.

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Útgarðar

In Norse mythology, Útgarðar (literally: "Outyards", the plural of Útgarðr. The word can, according to Old Norse orthography be anglicized as Utgard, Utgardar and in other ways.) surrounded a stronghold of the jötnar.

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Balder the Brave

Balder the Brave is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Baldr

Baldr (Old Norse also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology.

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Bathory (band)

Bathory was a Swedish black metal band formed in Vällingby in March 1983.

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Bayonetta

is an urban fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Hideki Kamiya.

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Bergelmir

Bergelmir (Old Norse) is a jötunn in Norse mythology.

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Bethesda Softworks

Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland.

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Bifröst

In Norse mythology, Bifröst, also called Bilröst, is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods.

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Bitfrost

Bitfrost is the security design specification for the OLPC XO, a low cost laptop intended for children in developing countries and developed by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.

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Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.

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Bladedance of Elementalers

, also written as Blade Dance of Elementalers, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yū Shimizu with illustrations by Hanpen Sakura (volumes 1-13), Yuuji Nimura (volumes 14-16) and Kohada Shimesaba (volumes 17-20).

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Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany.

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Bloodtide (novel)

Bloodtide is a youth-fiction novel by Melvin Burgess, first published by Andersen Press Limited in 1999.

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Blue Dragon (TV series)

Blue Dragon (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series adaptation of the Blue Dragon video game series.

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Boktai

Boktai is a video game series created by Hideo Kojima and published by Konami.

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Brísingamen

In Norse mythology, Brísingamen (or Brísinga men) is the torc or necklace of the goddess Freyja, of which little else is known for certain.

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Brunhild

Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild (Brynhildr, Brünhilt, Modern German or Brünhilde), is a female character from Germanic heroic legend.

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Burzum

Burzum is a Norwegian music project founded by Varg Vikernes in 1991.

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Camp Half-Blood Chronicles

Camp Half-Blood Chronicles is a media franchise created by author Rick Riordan, encompassing three five-part novel series, two short-story collections, two myth anthology books, a stand-alone short story, three crossover short stories, an essay collection, multiple guides, seven graphic novels, two films, a video game, a musical, and other media.

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Captain America

Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Castle of the Winds

Castle of the Winds is a tile-based roguelike video game for Microsoft Windows.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chris Hemsworth

Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor.

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Clash of the Gods (TV series)

Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly mythology television series that premiered on August 3, 2009 on the History Channel.

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Compilation of Final Fantasy VII

The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII is a metaseries produced by Square Enix.

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Danheim

Danheim (real name Reidar Schæfer Olsen; born in 1985, Brøndby, Denmark) is a Danish ambient and Nordic folk musician.

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Dark Age of Camelot

Dark Age of Camelot is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in October 2001 in North America, and in January 2002 in Europe.

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Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King

Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (also known, in different cuts, formats and markets, as Ring of the Nibelungs, Die Nibelungen, Curse of the Ring and Sword of Xanten) is a 2004 German television film directed by Uli Edel and starring Benno Fürmann, Alicia Witt, Kristanna Loken and Max von Sydow.

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Dark Souls (video game)

is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games.

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David Drake

David A. Drake (September 24, 1945 – December 10, 2023) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature.

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Dean Winchester

Dean Winchester is one of the two protagonists from the American drama television series Supernatural, along with his younger brother Sam.

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Death Eater

The Death Eaters are characters featured in the Harry Potter series of novels and films.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.

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Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War, known as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War in Europe, is a 1998 space combat simulation IBM PC compatible computer game developed by Volition, when it was split off from Parallax Software, and published by Interplay Productions.

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Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer.

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Disney+

Disney+ is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming media service owned and operated by Disney Streaming, the streaming division of Disney Entertainment, a major business segment of the Walt Disney Company.

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Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom (Dr. Victor von Doom) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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Doomsword

DoomSword is an Italian heavy metal band from Varese, Northern Italy, that combines elements of doom metal, viking metal and traditional heavy metal.

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Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG).

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Downloadable content

Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.

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DuckTales

DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.

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DuckTales (2017 TV series)

DuckTales is an American animated television series, developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones, and produced by Disney Television Animation.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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Eight Days of Luke

Eight Days of Luke is a children's fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones published in 1975. Norse mythology in popular culture and Eight Days of Luke are Norse mythology in art and literature.

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Eikþyrnir

Eikþyrnir or Eikthyrnir is a stag which stands upon Valhalla in Norse mythology.

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Einherjar

In Norse mythology, the einherjar (singular einheri; literally "army of one", "those who fight alone")Orchard (1997:36) and Lindow (2001:104).

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Elder Futhark

The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets.

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Ensiferum

Ensiferum (Latin:, n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki.

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Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer (born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author of children's books.

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Erec Stebbins

Erec Stebbins (born 1969) is an American biomedical scientist and novelist.

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Eric Brighteyes

Eric Brighteyes is an epic Viking novel by H. Rider Haggard that concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th-century Iceland.

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Eric Northman

Eric Northman is a fictional character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, written by Charlaine Harris.

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Erik Evensen

Erik Evensen (born October 3, 1979) is an American illustrator and professor, known primarily for his work on the graphic novels Gods of Asgard (2007) and The Beast of Wolfe's Bay (2013), the comic series ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Back to the Future'' from IDW Publishing, and the board games Marrying Mr.

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Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Terry Jones.

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Etrian Odyssey

Etrian Odyssey is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game series.

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Eve Online

Eve Online (stylised EVE Online) is a space-based, persistent world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by CCP Games.

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Everworld

Everworld is a fantasy novel series co-authored by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic between 1999 and 2001. Norse mythology in popular culture and Everworld are Norse mythology in art and literature.

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Fairy

A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.

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Falkenbach

Falkenbach is a viking metal group from Germany that is signed to Prophecy Productions.

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Faun (band)

Faun is a German band that was formed in 1998 and plays pagan folk, darkwave, and medieval music.

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Fáfnir

In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or dragon slain by a member of the Völsung family, typically Sigurð.

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Fenrir

Fenrir (Old Norse 'fen-dweller')Orchard (1997:42).

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Fimbulwinter

Fimbulwinter (from Fimbulvetr) is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök in Norse mythology.

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Final Fantasy

is a fantasy anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi which is owned, developed, and published by Square Enix (formerly Square).

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Final Fantasy IX

is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console.

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Final Fantasy Tactics

is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console.

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Final Fantasy VII

is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation console and the seventh main installment in the Final Fantasy series.

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Final Fantasy VIII

is a 1999 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console.

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Final Fantasy XIII

is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and later for Windows (in 2014).

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Finntroll

Finntroll is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki that combines elements of black metal and folk metal.

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Fire Emblem

is a Japanese fantasy tactical role-playing game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Freyja

In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future).

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Freyr

Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest.

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Frigg

Frigg (Old Norse) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology.

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G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.

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Gargoyles (TV series)

Gargoyles (also known as Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles for season 3) is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Japan for its first two seasons and Nelvana for its final, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997.

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Garmr

In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse: Garmr) is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate.

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Georg von Rosen

Johan Georg Otto von Rosen (13 February 1843 – 3 March 1923) was a Swedish painter and ''greve'' (count).

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George Webbe Dasent

Sir George Webbe Dasent, D. C. L. (1817–1896) was a British lawyer, translator of folk tales and contributor to The Times.

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Germanic paganism

Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples.

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Global catastrophic risk

A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, even endangering or destroying modern civilization.

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God of War (2018 video game)

God of War is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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God of War Ragnarök

God of War Ragnarök is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Gods of War (Manowar album)

Gods of War is the tenth album by heavy metal band Manowar, released in 2007.

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Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes

Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes is a supplementary rulebook for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.

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Goths

The Goths (translit; Gothi, Gótthoi) were Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.

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Gram (mythology)

In Norse mythology, Gram (Old Norse Gramr, meaning "Wrath"), also known as Balmung or Nothung, is the sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir.

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Grímnismál

Grímnismál (Old Norse:; 'The Lay of Grímnir') is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Greg van Eekhout

Greg van Eekhout is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Grey alien

Grey aliens, also referred to as Zeta Reticulans, Roswell Greys or Greys, are purported extraterrestrial beings.

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Gungnir

In Norse mythology, Gungnir ("the rocking") is the spear of the god Odin.

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Gylfaginning

Gylfaginning (Old Norse: 'The Beguiling of Gylfi' or 'The Deluding of Gylfi'; 13th century Old Norse pronunciation) is the first main part of the 13th century Prose Edda, after the initial Prologue.

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Gylfi

In Norse mythology, Gylfi (Old Norse), Gylfe, Gylvi, or Gylve was the earliest recorded king of Sviþjoð, Sweden, in Scandinavia.

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H. Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre.

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Hail to England

Hail to England is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Manowar, released in 1984 by Music for Nations.

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Halo (franchise)

Halo is a military science fiction media franchise, originally developed and created by Bungie and currently managed and developed by 343 Industries, part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios.

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Halo: Contact Harvest is a military science fiction novel by Joseph Staten.

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

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Hati Hróðvitnisson

In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson (first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy"Byock, Jesse. (Trans.) The Prose Edda, page 164. (2006) Penguin Classics) is a warg; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases Máni, the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól, the Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök, when they will swallow these heavenly bodies.

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Höðr

Höðr (Hǫðr, Latin Hotherus; often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) is a god in Norse mythology.

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Heathenry (new religious movement)

Heathenry, also termed Heathenism, contemporary Germanic Paganism, or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion.

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Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.

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Heilung

Heilung is an experimental folk music band made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany.

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Heimdall

In Norse mythology, Heimdall (from Old Norse Heimdallr; modern Icelandic Heimdallur) is a god.

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Heimdall (character)

Heimdall is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Hel (location)

Hel (Old Norse) is an afterlife location in Norse mythology and paganism.

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Hel (mythological being)

Hel (from underworld) is a female being in Norse mythology who is said to preside over an underworld realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead.

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Hela (character)

Hela is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Ninja Theory.

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Hercules

Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena.

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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American fantasy television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue).

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Hermóðr

Hermóðr (Old Norse:, "war-spirit";Orchard (1997:83). anglicized as Hermod) is a figure in Norse mythology, a son of the god Odin and brother of Baldr.

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Heroes of Might and Magic III

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (commonly referred to as Heroes of Might & Magic 3, or Heroes 3, or abbreviated HoMM 3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing originally released for Microsoft Windows by The 3DO Company in 1999.

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Heroes of Newerth

Heroes of Newerth (HoN) was a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game originally developed by S2 Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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Heroes of the Storm

Heroes of the Storm is a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.

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High School DxD

"DxD" stands for --> is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero.

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How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)

How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American animated fantasy film loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Hræsvelgr

Hræsvelgr (Old Norse) is a jötunn in Norse mythology.

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Hulk

The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Immigrant Song

"Immigrant Song" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Ingmar Bergman

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter.

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Into Glory Ride

Into Glory Ride is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Manowar and the first to feature drummer Scott Columbus.

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Iron Man

Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name, is a British author and philanthropist.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.

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Jörmungandr

In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (lit, see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard) and biting his own tail, an example of an ouroboros.

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Jötunheimr

The terms Jötunheimr (in Old Norse orthography: Jǫtunheimr; often anglicised as Jotunheim) or Jötunheimar refer to either a land or multiple lands respectively in Nordic mythology inhabited by the jötnar (relatives of the gods, in English sometimes inaccurately called "giants").

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Jötunn

A jötunn (also jotun; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn; or, in Old English, eoten, plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology.

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Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967.

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Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian known for his energetic slapstick performances.

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.

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Jotun (video game)

Jøtun is an action-adventure video game developed by Canadian studio Thunder Lotus Games.

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Jul i Valhal

Jul i Valhal (Christmas in Valhalla) is a Danish television advent calendar (or Christmas miniseries).

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Kamen Rider Gaim

is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall.

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Katherine Applegate

Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld book series.

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Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by.

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Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker.

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Kingdom Hearts χ

stylized as Kingdom Hearts χ, is a Japanese role-playing browser game developed by Square Enix (in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios), BitGroove and Success, and published by Square Enix for web browsers as the eighth installment in the Kingdom Hearts series.

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Kings of Metal is the sixth album by the American heavy metal band Manowar, released on November 18, 1988 by Atlantic Records.

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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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L. Sprague de Camp

Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature.

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La Tale

La Tale is a 2D side-scrolling online game developed by South Korean studio Actoz Soft.

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Lara Croft

Lara Croft is a character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise Tomb Raider.

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Laufey (mythology)

Laufey (Old Norse) or Nál is a figure in Norse mythology and the mother of Loki.

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Lævateinn

In Norse mythology, Lævateinn is a weapon crafted by Loki mentioned in the Poetic Edda poem Fjölsvinnsmál.

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Leaves' Eyes

Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Lester del Rey

Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor.

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Life, the Universe and Everything

Life, the Universe and Everything (1982) is the third book in the six-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy of five books" by British writer Douglas Adams.

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Light novel

A light novel (Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan, usually classified as young adult fiction targeting teens to twenties.

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List of Gargoyles characters

This page contains a list of characters in the animated television series Gargoyles (1994–97), its non-canon season titled Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles, and the spinoff comic books Gargoyles (SLG comic) and Gargoyles: Bad Guys.

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List of Germanic deities

In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: F

Falligar the Behemoth, also known simply as Falligar, is a fictional deity who makes a single appearance in Thor: God of Thunder #3 (December 2012), as one of the victims of Gorr the God Butcher, who killed Falligar and left his corpse rotting on the shores of his home planet, with his worshipers surrounding him and praying for his resurrection.

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List of Saint Seiya episodes

The Saint Seiya anime (also known as Knights of the Zodiac), based on the manga series of the same name by Masami Kurumada, was produced by Toei Animation.

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List of Stargate SG-1 characters

Over its decade of existence, science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1 developed an extensive and detailed backdrop of diverse characters.

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Loki

Loki is a god in Norse mythology.

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Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Loki Laufeyson, also known by adoption as Loki Odinson and by his title as the God of Mischief, is a character portrayed by Tom Hiddleston in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise.

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Loki (Marvel Comics)

Loki Laufeyson is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Loki (TV series)

Loki is an American television series created by Michael Waldron for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name.

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Louise Simonson

Louise Simonson (née Mary Louise Alexander; born September 26, 1946) is an American comic book writer and editor.

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Lucifer (DC Comics)

Lucifer Morningstar, formerly known as Samael, is a character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Magicka

Magicka is an action-adventure game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios.

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is a trilogy of fantasy novels based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion.

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Manowar

Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York.

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Mark Wheatley (comics)

Mark Wheatley (born May 27, 1954) is an American illustrator, writer, editor, and publisher in the comic book field.

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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Marvel Studios

Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company.

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Marvel Universe

The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place.

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is a 2006 action role-playing video game, developed by Raven Software for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360, and published by Activision.

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Master Chief (Halo)

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, colloquially known as Master Chief, is the protagonist of the Halo video game series and its spin-off media.

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Mats Wendt

Mats Wendt (born in 1965) is a Swedish classical composer and artist.

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Max Payne (video game)

Max Payne is a 2001 third-person shooter game developed by Remedy Entertainment.

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a 2003 third-person shooter game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games.

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Máni

Máni (Old Norse:; "Moon"Orchard (1997:109).) is the Moon personified in Germanic mythology.

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Mímir

Mímir or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology, renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, who is beheaded during the Æsir–Vanir War.

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Móði and Magni

In Norse mythology, Móði (Old Norse:; anglicized Módi or Mothi) and Magni are the sons of Thor.

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Mega Man Zero 4

Mega Man Zero 4 is a 2005 action-platform game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance.

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Melissa Auf der Maur

Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian musician.

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Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess (born 25 April 1954) is a British writer of children's fiction.

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Metalocalypse is an American musical adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim.

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Michael Avon Oeming

Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer.

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Midgard

In Germanic cosmology, Midgard (an anglicised form of Old Norse Miðgarðr; Old English Middangeard, Old Saxon Middilgard, Old High German Mittilagart, and Gothic Midjun-gards; "middle yard", "middle enclosure") is the name for Earth (equivalent in meaning to the Greek term οἰκουμένη: oikouménē, "inhabited") inhabited by and known to humans in early Germanic cosmology.

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Minna Sundberg

Minna Sundberg (born 9 January 1990) is a Finnish illustrator and cartoonist born in Sweden.

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Mjölnir

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 to provide blessings.

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Multiplayer online battle arena

Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) is a subgenre of strategy video games in which two teams of players compete against each other on a predefined battlefield.

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Naglfar

In Norse mythology, Naglfar or Naglfari (Old Norse "nail farer") is a boat made entirely from the fingernails and toenails of the dead.

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Nancy Farmer

Nancy Farmer (born 1941) is an American writer of children's and young adult books and science fiction.

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Narfi

Narfi (Old Norse), also Nörfi (O.N.: Nǫrfi), Nari or Nörr (O.N.: Nǫrr), is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Nótt, the personified night.

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and screenplays.

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Neverwinter Nights (2002 video game)

Neverwinter Nights is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare.

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Neverwinter Nights 2 is a role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Atari Interactive.

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Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied (Der Nibelunge liet or Der Nibelunge nôt), translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German.

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Nick Perumov

Nick Perumov (Ник Перумов) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.

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Niflheim

In Norse cosmology, Niflheim or Niflheimr (Old Norse:; "World of Mist", literally "Home of Mist") is a location which sometimes overlaps with the notions of Niflhel and Hel.

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Nightclub

A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.

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Njord (album)

Njord is the third studio album by the German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes, released on 28 August 2009 on Napalm Records.

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Nordic folk music

Nordic folk music includes a number of traditions of Nordic countries, especially Scandinavian.

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Norns

The Norns (norn, plural: nornir) are deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies.

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Norse mythology

Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.

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Northworld

Northworld is a 1990 militaristic science fiction novel by David Drake set in a time when the Consensus rules everything except for Northworld, the missing planet.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Nytt Land

Nytt Land are a two piece Nordic folk and ambient band, from Kalachinsk in Siberia, Russia.

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Odd and the Frost Giants

Odd and the Frost Giants (2008) is a World Book Day book by Neil Gaiman. Norse mythology in popular culture and Odd and the Frost Giants are Norse mythology in art and literature.

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Odin

Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.

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Odin (Marvel Comics)

Odin Borson, the All-Father is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Odin Sphere

Odin Sphere is an action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware for the PlayStation 2.

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Oh My Goddess!

, or Ah! My Goddess! in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Out of Our Minds

Out Of Our Minds is the second solo album from Melissa Auf der Maur released on March 30, 2010.

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Perseus

In Greek mythology, Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty.

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Persona (series)

Persona, previously marketed as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona outside of Japan, is a video game franchise primarily developed and published by Atlus, and owned by Sega.

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Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)

The planes of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game constitute the multiverse in which the game takes place.

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Poetic Edda

The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse.

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Pokémon X and Y

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are 2013 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001.

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Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century.

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Quest (video games)

A quest, or mission, is a task in video games that a player-controlled character, party, or group of characters may complete in order to gain a reward.

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Ragnar Lodbrok

Ragnar Lodbrok ("Ragnar hairy-breeches") (Old Norse: Ragnarr loðbrók), according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king.

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Ragnarök

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (Ragnarǫk) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous great Norse mythological figures will perish (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdall, and Loki); it will entail a catastrophic series of natural disasters, including the burning of the world, and culminate in the submersion of the world underwater.

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Ragnarok (manhwa)

is a manhwa created by Lee Myung-jin and published by Daiwon C.I. in South Korea from 1998 to 2001.

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Ragnarok (TV series)

Ragnarok is a Norwegian fantasy drama television series reimagining of Norse mythology from Netflix.

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Ragnarok Online

Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인, Rageunarokeu Onrain marketed as Ragnarök, and alternatively subtitled The Final Destiny of the Gods) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin.

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Ratatoskr

In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr (Old Norse, generally considered to mean "drill-tooth"Orchard (1997:129), Simek (2007:261), and Byock (2005:173). or "bore-tooth"Lindow (2001:259).) is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagles perched atop it and the serpent Níðhöggr who dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree.

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Rebellion (band)

Rebellion is a German heavy metal band.

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Record of Ragnarok

is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui and illustrated by Azychika about a fighting tournament featuring prominent historical figures against gods from various mythologies, with the fate of mankind in the balance.

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Richard Carpenter (screenwriter)

Richard Michael "Kip" Carpenter (14 August 1929 – 26 February 2012) was an English screenwriter, author and actor.

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Richard Speight Jr.

Richard Speight Jr. is an American actor and director who is known for a variety of roles including CBS TV series Jericho, The Agency, and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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Rick Riordan

Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.

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Robin Jarvis

Robin Jarvis (born 8 May 1963) is a British Young-Adult fiction (YA) and children's novelist, who writes dark fantasy, suspense and supernatural thrillers.

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Robin of Sherwood

Robin of Sherwood is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Role-playing video game

A role-playing video game, a role-playing game (RPG) or computer role-playing game (CRPG), is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world, usually involving some form of character development by way of recording statistics.

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Rooster Teeth

Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American internet media and production company headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Rune

A rune is a letter in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples.

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Rune (video game)

Rune is an action-adventure video game developed by Human Head Studios which was released in 2000.

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Runemarks

Runemarks is a 2007 fantasy novel by Joanne Harris. Norse mythology in popular culture and Runemarks are Norse mythology in art and literature.

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RuneScape

RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex, released in January 2001.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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RWBY

RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced 3D computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth.

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Saga of Erik the Red

The Saga of Erik the Red, in Eiríks saga rauða, is an Icelandic saga on the Norse exploration of North America.

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Saint Seiya

, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac (translated from the French title Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada.

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Sam Winchester

Samuel "Sam" Winchester is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists of the American drama television series Supernatural along with his older brother, Dean.

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Sæhrímnir

In Norse mythology, Sæhrímnir is the creature killed and eaten every night by the Æsir and einherjar.

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Sól (Germanic mythology)

Sól (Old Norse:, "Sun")Orchard (1997:152).

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge McDuck (occasionally stylized as $crooge McDuck) is a cartoon character created in 1947 for The Walt Disney Company by Carl Barks.

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Secret of the Runes (album)

Secret of the Runes is the tenth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion.

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Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Sif

In Norse mythology, Sif is a golden-haired goddess associated with earth.

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Sif (character)

Sif is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Surtr

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Sword Art Online

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Tales of Symphonia

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Týr

italic (Old Norse: Týr) is a god in Germanic mythology, a valorous and powerful member of the Æsir and patron of warriors and mythological heroes.

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Týr is a Faroese folk metal band.

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The Almighty Johnsons

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The Avengers (2012 film)

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The Ballad of the White Horse

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The Book of the Dun Cow (novel)

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The Broken Sword

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The Curse of Fenric

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The Fatal Strand

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The God of High School

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Hobbit

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The Incomplete Enchanter

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The Land of the Silver Apples

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The Lord of Steel

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The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok

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The Order of the Stick

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The Sandman: The Kindly Ones

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The Sea of Trolls

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The Silmarillion

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The Vikings (film)

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The Virgin Spring

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Therion (band)

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Thor

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Thor is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.

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Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

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Thor (Marvel Comics)

Thor Odinson is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Thor in comics

Thor, the god of Norse mythology, has appeared as a character in various comics over the years, appearing in series from a range of publishers.

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Thor: God of Thunder

Thor: God of Thunder is an action hack and slash video game based on the Marvel Studios film Thor. The game was developed by Liquid Entertainment and co-written by Matt Fraction. Thor: God of Thunder marks Thor's first standalone appearance in a video game and features the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Jaimie Alexander, who reprise their roles from the film.

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Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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Thor: The Dark World

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Thorgal

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Tim Robbins

Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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Time travel

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Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term for live-action films or television programs that make heavy use of practical special effects.

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Tom Hiddleston

Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an English actor.

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Tony Curtis

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Too Human

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, also known simply as, is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by independent Japanese ''doujin'' soft developer Team Shanghai Alice.

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Troll Bends Fir

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True Blood

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Ullr

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Uriah Heep (band)

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Valhalla

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Valkyrior

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Vanir

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Völuspá

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Victor Magtanggol

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Viking Age

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Viking: Battle for Asgard

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Vikings

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Vikings (TV series)

Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst.

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Viktor Rydberg

Abraham Viktor Rydberg (18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895.

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Vili and Vé

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Vinland Saga (album)

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Vinland Saga (manga)

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Walter Wangerin Jr.

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Wardruna

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Warhammer 40,000

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Warriors of the World

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Warriors Orochi 4

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William Morris

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Witches of East End

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Witches of East End (TV series)

Witches of East End is an American television series based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz.

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World Book Day

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World of Warcraft

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Xena: Warrior Princess

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch.

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Xenogears

Xenogears is a 1998 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console.

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Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology.

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Ymir

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a collectible card game developed and published by Konami.

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Zerg

The Zerg are a fictional race of insectoid aliens obsessed with assimilating other races into their swarm in pursuit of genetic perfection, and the overriding antagonists for much of the StarCraft franchise.

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See also

Norse mythology in art and literature

• American Gods
• Balder Dead
• Baron Bagge
• Classic Myths
• Discworld
• Eight Days of Luke
• Everworld
• Hereafter, and After
• Norse Gods and Giants
• Norse Mythology (book)
• Norse mythology in popular culture
• Odd and the Frost Giants
• Runelight
• Runemarks
• Spook's
• The Hurricane Party
• The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
• The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
• The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
• The Worm and the Ring
• Witches of East End

Viking Age in popular culture

• Útrásarvíkingur
• Age of Mythology
• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Canberra Raiders
• Canberra Raiders Women
• Canberra Vikings
• Cleveland State Vikings
• Dunfermline Vikings
• Harstad Vikings
• Jamestown Vikings
• Minnesota Vikings
• Norse mythology in popular culture
• Northern Raiders
• Oslo Vikings
• Portland State Vikings
• Racine Raiders
• Raiders IHC
• Richmond Raiders
• Rochester Raiders
• Roskilde Vikings Rugby Klub
• Salem Raiders
• Spam (Monty Python sketch)
• Telford Raiders
• Toowoomba Raiders FC
• University of Limerick Vikings
• Vienna Vikings
• Viking FK
• Viking Hockey
• Viking Thunder Clap
• Viking revival
• Vilpas Vikings
• Western Vikings R.U.F.C.
• Western Washington Vikings
• Widnes Vikings
• Wodonga Raiders Football Club

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology_in_popular_culture

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