This is a list of characters from the popular web comic Sluggy Freelance. Characters of Sluggy Freelance - Main Characters. Torg  A hapless freelance web designer and an incorrigible punster, Torg is the primary protagonist in most storylines, having appeared in more than half of the site's comics at last count. He's generally viewed as not being terribly intelligent, mostly because of his tendency to act before he thinks things through (if he thinks about it at all). Often, these actions can e ...

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In the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Children of Ilúvatar are Elves and Men. Dwarves are not included in this distinction, as they were in fact created by Aulë. The story of their creation is told in the Quenta Silmarillion, and explains how the Elves and Men were created by Eru Ilúvatar directly, without delegation to the Ainur. Elves are also named the Quendi ("those who speak", in Quenya) and the Minnónar[1] ("Firstborn"). They are further divided into many groupings, ...

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The World of Two Moons or Abode is a fictional Earth-type planet featured in Wendy and Richard Pini's comic book Elfquest. The second planet of its solar system, the WoTM seems to have developed along very similar lines to Earth (which is not referred to in Elfquest). As its name suggests, the most obvious difference is that it has two moons rather than one. The larger moon seems to be about the same size as Earth's Moon. The smaller orbits closer ...

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A brownie, broonie (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around England and Scotland. He is the British counterpart of the Scandinavian tomte, the Russian domovoi or the German Heinzelmännchen. Customarily they are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, brownies do not like to be seen and will only work at night, perhaps in exchange for small gifts or food. They usually abandon the house if their gifts are called payments, or if they are offered gifts of clothes (no matter how shabby their own cl ...

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Blood Bowl is a tabletop board game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. The game was first released in 1986 and has been re-released in new editions since. Blood Bowl is set in a fantasy universe similar to, but not the same as, Warhammer Fantasy, populated by traditional fantasy elements such as human warriors, goblins, dwarfs, elves, orcs and trolls. Blood Bowl - Game basics. Blood Bowl is a turn-based game of "fantasy football" for two ...

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In the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Avari are a branch of the Elves. When Oromë found the Elves that awakened in Cuivienen (see: Awakening of the Elves), he summoned them to come with him to Valinor. All the Minyar and most of the Tatyar and Nelyar were persuaded and followed Oromë into the west on the Great Journey. The remainder of the Tatyar and Nelyar remained suspicious of the Lords of the west, seeing them only in their wrath, or they simply refused to depart from their own lands, and spread gradually throug ...

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J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth contains thousands of places. Some of the interesting minor places in the Middle-earth legendarium are described below. Almaren (meaning blessed place) was an island in the Great Lake, the home of the Valar in the middle of Arda. It was at the place where the light of the Two Lamps mingled. Almaren was attacked and damaged by Melkor, and the Valar moved far to the West, to Valinor. According to some traditions, the island of Almaren survived the attack,

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In Norse mythology, Beyla was one of Freyr's servants and the wife of Byggvir. The only surviving source which mentions her and her husband is Lokasenna (the flyting of Loki). They were probably elves, as Freyr was the lord of Álfheim (the home of the elves) and Lokasenna says that they were among the gods and elves. Her major task there is to milk the cows. Loki and Be ...

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In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Wizards of Middle-earth are a small group of beings outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical and mental power. They are also called the Istari ("Wise Ones") by the Elves. The Sindarin word is Ithryn (sing. Ithron). They were of the Maiar, spirits of the same order of the Valar, but lesser in power (Sauron himself was one of the most powerful of the Maiar), sent by the Valar to help and assist the peoples against Sauron. Their Quenya names were Cur ...

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Aulë is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Aulë the Smith (from Valarin Aȝûlêz—the second character is a yogh) is a Vala and one of the Aratar. Aulë is given lordship over the matter that composes Arda and is a master of all the crafts that shape it. He created the Dwarves, who call him Mahal, the Maker. During the Music of the Ainur, Aulë's themes concerned the physical things of which Arda is made. When Eru (Ilúvatar) gave being to the themes of the Ainur, his music became the lands of ...

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A fictional location from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Valinor (meaning Land of the Valar) is the realm of the Valar in Aman, the place to which they moved after being driven from Almaren by Melkor. Its major city is Valimar, where the Vanyar and the Valar reside. Two other cities are Alqualondë and Tirion, the respective homes of the Teleri and the Ñoldor. It also has an island, Tol Eressëa, just off its east coast. It was also known as the Undying Lands as only immortal souls were allowed to reside there, with some exceptions when it came to the bearers of the One Ring, and, it is said, Gimli also ...

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In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Ñoldor (meaning those with knowledge) are of the second clan of the Elves, the Tatyar. According to legend, the clan was founded by Tata, the second Elf to awake at Cuiviénen, his spouse Tatië and their 54 companions, but it was Finwë, the first Ñoldo to come to Valinor with Oromë, who became their king, and led most of them to Valinor. They speak Quenya. They are also known as Deep Elves, Gnomes, Golodhrim and Golug. The singular form ...

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This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sorted alphabetically. There are also lists of deities by type; see the articles death deity, household deity, lunar deity, and solar deity. See also: List of fictional deities, List of people considered to be deities Related articles include Deva, Demigod, Divinity, God, God (male deity), Goddess, Mythology, Religion, Scripture. List of deities - Abenaki. Including:

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In mythology and in fiction, Faerie (see also fairy) is an otherworldly realm, home to the Fae or fairies, though many believe this place to be neither mythical nor fictional, but quite real. Traditional examples of Faerie include: in Germanic folklore and myth: Álfheim in Norse mythology, (spelled Elphame in Scottish tales such as Thomas the Rhymer). Also appearing as Elfland or Fairyland in English folklore in Celtic folklore and myth: the Avalon of the King Arthur legends the original lan ...

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This page is about the phenomena of crop circles. For information about the music band, please see Crop Circles. Crop circles are areas of cereal or similar crops that have been systematically flattened to form various geometric patterns. The phenomenon itself only entered the public imagination in its current form after the notable appearances in England in the late 1970s. People who study crop circle phenomena sometimes humorously call themselves "cerealogists", after the usually known name for the pseudoscience that studies crop circles: cereology. ...

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Álfar (singular: álfr) is the Old Norse word for elves. Álfar figure in Norse mythology. Snorri Sturluson in the Younger Edda differentiate between ljósálfar (light-elves) and dökkálfar (dark-elves). The light-elves live in Álfheimr. See elf for a more extensive description. The Eddas tend to use "Álfar" and "Vanir" interchangeably. Norse mythology Categories: Elves | Norse mythology ...

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Hermanubis (Ancient Greek). Or Hermes Anubis" the revealer of the mysteries of the lower world " - not of Hell or Hades as interpreted, but of our Earth (the lowest world of the septenary chain of worlds) - and also of the sexual mysteries.

Creuzer must have guessed at the truth of the right interpretation, as he calls Anubis-Thoth-Hermes "a symbol of science and of the intellectual world ". He was always represented with a cross in his hand, one of the earliest symbols of the mystery of generation, or procreation on this earth. In the Chaldean Kabbala (Book of Numbers) the Tat  symbol, or +, is referred to as Adam and Eve, the latter being the transverse or horizontal bar drawn out of the side (or rib) of Hadam, the perpendicular bar.

The fact is that, esoterically, Adam and Eve while representing the early third Root Race - those who, being still mindless, imitated the animals and degraded themselves with the latter - stand also as the dual symbol of the sexes. Hence Anubis, the Egyptian god of generation, is represented with the head of an animal, a dog or a jackal, and is also said to be the " Lord of the underworld" or " Hades " into which he introduces the souls of the dead (the reincarnating entities), for Hades is in one sense the womb, as some of the writings of the Church Fathers fully show.

(See also: Hermanubis , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary,)

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In Norse mythology, the svartálfar ("black elves") or dökkálfar ("dark elves") are supernatural beings (Old Norse "vættir," wights) that are said to reside in the underground world of Svartálfheim. They, like the trolls, are often corollated with the dvergar ("dwarves") and their home is often considered to be the same as Nidavellir, the underground of Midgard, though not as far down as Helheim. Svartálfar - Dwarves as Black Elves. According to Kevin Crossley-Holland: "No valid distinction thou ...

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Curufin is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth. Curufin was a prince of the Ñoldor of the race of Elves, the fifth of the seven sons of Fëanor and Nerdanel. Curufin is the father of Celebrimbor, master jewel-smith of Eregion who forged the three Elvish Rings of Power. His name means "Skilled (son of) Finwë" in Quenya. His father name — the traditional name given by an Elvish father to his offspring — was Curufinwë, which was also Fëanor's original name. This was becau ...

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In the fictional writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Undying Lands are a realm inhabited by immortal beings. It includes the continent of Aman and the island of Tol Eressëa. The treacherous Sauron deceived Ar-Pharazôn, last king of Númenor, into thinking the ruler of the Undying Lands would himself be undying, and the king prepared to invade. To prevent this, Ilúvatar destroyed Númenor and placed the Undying Lands beyond the reach of mortals, although Elves could still sail there. A few others have been said to have made the ...

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Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey[1]) is one of the most important deities in Norse paganism and Norse mythology. Worshipped as a fertility god, Freyr bestows "peace and pleasure" upon mortals. He rules over the rain, the shining of the sun and thereby the produce of the fields. He is one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr and brother of the love goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teethi ...

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A constructed world (or conworld) is a fictional world, often created for a novel, video game, or role-playing game, but sometimes for personal enjoyment or its own sake (see geofiction). A constructed world typically has a number of constructed cultures and constructed languages associated with it. The practice of constructing worlds is also known as world building or conworlding. Worlds are often developed only to the extent needed to complete a single work or series, but there may be considerable detail ...

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