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Mael Petair Mac Cúán
Mael may refer to: People * Maël, a Celtic given name * Maël (saint), fifth-century Breton saint * Ron Mael (born 1945), American musician, member of the band Sparks * Russell Mael (born 1948), American musician, member of the band Sparks Fictional characters * Mael (''The Vampire Chronicles''), a character from Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles'' series * Mael, a sea god in Steven Erikson's ''Malazan Book of the Fallen'' series * Mael, a fallen Archangel from the Seven Deadly Sins Other * Mæl Station Mæl Station (''Mæl stasjon'') is a railroad station located at Tinn in Telemark, Norway. It is the terminus of the Rjukan Line (''Rjukanbanen'') running through Vestfjorddalen between Mæl and Rjukan. The station is located 16 km from Rj ..., a railway terminus in Telemark, Norway * Maël-Carhaix, a commune in Brittany, France {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maël
Mael is an old Celtic name from Ireland, Wales and Brittany. Nowadays this first name is popular in France. The French language, French masculine name of Breton language, Breton origin meaning "chief, prince." It was popularized by a fifth-century saint Maël (saint), Maël who lived in Wales. It was also borne by Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (975/976-1022), a High King of Ireland. Both a boys name and a girls name, although it seems traditionally more used on boys. Its feminine form in Breton is Maela, but the modern French variant Maëlle is often preferred. In Welsh it is considered masculine. In Wales, Mael is the legendary name of Roycol's son. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Mael (Given Name) Breton masculine given names Welsh masculine given names Irish-language masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maël (saint)
Maël was a fifth-century Breton saint who lived as a hermit in Wales. He was a follower of Cadfan from Brittany to Wales, ultimately to the Isle of Bardsey. His feast day is 13 May. He is co-patron (with St Sulien) of Corwen in Wales, and of its parish church, part of the Anglican Communion Church in Wales The Church in Wales ( cy, Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglicanism, Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses. The Archbishop of Wales does not have a fixed archiepiscopal see, but serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishop .... Notes Companions of Cadfan 6th-century Christian saints {{UK-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Mael
Ronald David Mael (born August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger brother Russell Mael in 1971. Mael is known for his quirky and idiosyncratic approach to songwriting, his intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and for his deadpan and low key, scowling demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron Mael is also noted for his conservative clothes and unfashionable moustache. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. Early life Ronald David Mael was born on August 12, 1945, in Culver City, California. The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades – an affluent beach neighborhood of Los Angeles – with their father, Meyer Mael, who was a graphic designer and caricaturist for the ''Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Mael
Russell Craig Mael (born October 5, 1948) is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's deadpan scowling. The band released an album with British rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled '' FFS'', released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. Early life Russell Craig Mael was born on October 5, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades – a relatively affluent suburb of Los Angeles – with their father Meyer, who was a graphic designer and caricaturist for the ''Hollywood Citizen-News'', and their mother, Miriam (''née'' Moskowitz), a librarian. Both Meyer and Miriam were the children of Jewish immigrants, Meyer of Austrian and Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mael (The Vampire Chronicles)
The following is a list of characters from Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles'', which began with the 1976 novel ''Interview with the Vampire''. The series primarily follows the antihero Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century, and by extension the many humans and vampires whose lives he has touched in his own long existence. Some characters from Rice's ''Lives of the Mayfair Witches'' trilogy cross over to ''The Vampire Chronicles'', specifically in '' Merrick'' (2000), ''Blackwood Farm'' (2002), and '' Blood Canticle'' (2003). Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls". The homoerotic overtones of ''The Vampire Chronicles'' are also well documented. As of November 2008, ''The Vampire Chronicles'' had sold 80 million copies worldwide. The first novel in the series, ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1976), was made into a 1994 film starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malazan Book Of The Fallen
''Malazan Book of the Fallen'' is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the Canadian author Steven Erikson. The series, published by Bantam Books Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. ... in the U.K. and Tor Books in the U.S., consists of ten volumes, beginning with ''Gardens of the Moon'' (1999) and concluding with ''The Crippled God'' (2011). Erikson's series is extremely complex with a wide scope, and presents the narratives of a large cast of characters spanning thousands of years across multiple continents. His plotting presents a complicated series of events in the world upon which the Malazan Empire is located. Each of the first five novels is relatively self-contained, in that each resolves its respective primary conflict; but many underlying characters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mæl Station
Mæl Station (''Mæl stasjon'') is a railroad station located at Tinn in Telemark, Norway. It is the terminus of the Rjukan Line (''Rjukanbanen'') running through Vestfjorddalen between Mæl and Rjukan. The station is located 16 km from Rjukan and on the mouth of the river Måna in Vestfjorddalen where the river runs into Lake Tinn. This was the point where the railway cars on the line were transferred to the Tinnsjø railway ferry for transport to the Tinnoset Line. History Mæl Station was constructed based upon designs by architect, Thorvald Astrup. The station was built in 1909 when the Rjukan Line opened and was electrified in 1911. A new station building was constructed in 1917; it was named Rollag until 1921 when it had to change name because of the connection to the national railway network—there was already Rollag Station on the Numedal Line The Numedal Line () is a long railway line that runs up the Numedal valley between Kongsberg and Rødberg in Viken co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
