Sentences with phrase «germanic mythology»

With notable outliers — including a stoney - eyed Eminem, a boyish Marc Jacobs, and scenes from Germanic mythology — the gallery shows several of Peyton's portrayals of peers, comrades, and inspirations, namely Robert Mapplethorpe, David Hockney, Pierre Huyghe, Matthew Barney, Alex Katz, and Nate Lowman.
In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, Odin was known in Old English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Wōdan, and in Old High German as Wuotan or Wōtan, all stemming from the reconstructed Proto - Germanic theonym * wōđanaz.
In Norse, Germanic mythology, Odin is a widely revered god.
Others like that are Brynhildr, whose origins stem from Germanic mythology, trading in horseback for horsepower in the form of a deadly motorcycle.
Nash can also be traced back to Norse, Celtic, and Germanic mythology, and refers to man that lived near an ash tree.

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Instead, he devoted considerable time to German mythology, exploring the forests where Germanic barbarian tribes had battled with Roman legions and which were themselves a constant source of mystery and stimulation.
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