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HNoMS Vale (1874)
Gunboat ''Vale'' was a ''Vale''-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in 1874. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was ''Brage'', ''Nor'', ''Uller'' and ''Vidar''. ''Vale'' was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (broadly similar to the Gatling gun The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon. The Gatling gun's operation centered on a cyc ...). Later ''Vale'' and her sister ships was rebuilt as mine layers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in the Sognefjord. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in southern Norway, and returned to Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Váli (son Of Odin)
In Norse mythology, Váli (Old Norse: ) is a God and the son of the god Odin and the giantess Rindr. Váli has numerous brothers including Thor, Baldr, and Víðarr. He was born for the sole purpose of avenging Baldr, and does this by killing Höðr, who was an unwitting participant, and binding Loki with the entrails of his son Narfi. Váli grew to full adulthood within one day of his birth, and slew Höðr before going on to Loki. He is prophesied to survive Ragnarök. Longstanding transcription error Váli is referred to as the son of Loki, though this is argued by some historians to be an early transcription error. The mistake arises from a single passage in ''Gylfaginning'' containing the phrase "''Then were taken Loki's sons, Váli and Nari''". However, ''Gylfaginning'' describes Váli as the son of ''Odin'' in two other instances. All other documents found that date from this time refer to Váli only as Odin's son, with the exception of more recent copies of the potenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uller (1876)
In Norse mythology, Ullr (Old Norse: ) is a god associated with archery. Although literary attestations of Ullr are sparse, evidence including relatively ancient place-name evidence from Scandinavia suggests that he was a major god in earlier Germanic paganism. Proto-Germanic *''wulþuz'' (' glory') appears to have been an important concept of which his name is a reflex. The word appears as ''owlþu-'' on the 3rd-century Thorsberg chape. Name and origin The Old Norse theonym ''Ullr'' derives from a Proto-Germanic (PGmc) form reconstructed as ''*Wulþuz'' ('Glory'), which is attested in the compound ''owlþu-þewaz'' (ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ), meaning either 'servant of ''Owlþuz''' (if interpreted as a theonym), or 'who has glorious servants' (if interpreted as an adjective), found on the Thorsberg chape (3rd c. AD). It is a cognate (linguistic sibling from the same origin) of the Gothic noun ''wulþus'' ('glory, wealth'). They ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
