Aurvandill
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Aurvandill is a figure in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the god Thor tosses Aurvandill's toe – which had frozen while the thunder god was carrying him in a basket across the Élivágar rivers
"For by his rain of blows he destroyed Koll's shield"
The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani
Amleth
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Amleth is a figure in a medieval Scandinavian legend.
Aurvandill
…and possibly as auzandil (𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻) in Gothic. An Old Danish latinized version, Horwendillus (Ørvendil), is also the name given to the father of Amlethus (Amleth) in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Comparative studies have led scholars to reconstruct a Common Germanic mythic figure, *Auza-wandilaz…
Amblett in a 17th-century Danish manuscript illustration