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Anthropology
The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.
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Rán
Anthropology; Mythology
A goddess of the sea from Nordic mythology. She has a net that she uses to capture sailors who go out to sea. She has nine daughters and is married to Ægir.
Nanna
Anthropology; Mythology
The wife of Baldr in Norse mythology and the mother of Forseti. She dies of grief when Baldr is killed and the two are placed on Baldr's ship Hringhorni which is then set alight ...
Lofn
Anthropology; Mythology
A Norse goddess. She goes around arranging marriages, even when they have been forbidden.
Surtr
Anthropology; Mythology
A giant that will cause great havok during the events of the ragnarok. He will fight against Freyr and spread the flames that will envelop the world, destroying everything before ...
Sleipnir
Anthropology; Mythology
The eight-legged horse ridden by the Norse god Odin. He is one of Loki's many bestial children.
Sköll
Anthropology; Mythology
A wolf that chases the sun across the sky every day. When the events of ragnarok transpire, it will catch up to the sun and devour it.
Ratatoskr
Anthropology; Mythology
A squirrel that runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasill, passing messaged between Nidhogg who lives at the bottom and an eagle that lives at the top.
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- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)