What sources, both before and after the pagan period, is the mythology derived from  that is also the mythology featured in Mats Wendt's 16 hour-long cybersyomphic work "Eddan - the invincible sword of the elf-smith"?
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Mats Wendt Mats Wendt (born in 1965) is a Swedish classical composer and artist. His best known work internationally is "Eddan - the invincible sword of the elf-smith", a 16-hour-long "cybersymphonic" work on Norse mythology according to Viktor Rydberg. Five hours from "Eddan" was performed in Bayreuth 2003 during the annual Wagner festspiele, in Wahnfried, Wagner's former home, now the Richard Wagner museum.
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Norse mythology Norse mythology is the body of mythology of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition.
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Hortdan In Turkic mythology, Hortdan (Azerbaijanese: "Xortdan", Turkish: "Hortlak", Tuvan: "Хортан") is the troubled soul of the dead rising from the grave. Some Hortdan can be living people with certain magical properties. Some of the properties of the Hortdan include: the ability to transform into an animal, invisibility, and the propensity to drain the vitality of victims via blood loss. Hortdans are also known as immortal vampires.
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Llŷr Llŷr (Welsh: "Llŷr Llediaith" (] ); "Lleddiaith" meaning "half-speech" or "half-language") is a figure in Welsh mythology, probably originally a deity, probably derived from Irish Ler ("the Sea"), father of "Manannán mac Lir".
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Finnish paganism Finnish paganism was the indigenous pagan religion in Finland, Estonia, and Karelia prior to Christianisation. It was a polytheistic religion, worshipping a number of different deities. The principal god was the god of thunder and the sky, Ukko; other important gods included Jumi, Ahti, and Tapio.
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Vitki Vitki (from Old Norse: "Wise one", pl. vitkar) was a sorcerer and magician in Norse Heathen societies. Vitkar could be men and women, experts in the tradition of Magic Runes, knowledge of the runes and healing ability as healers. A Vitki was a shamanic figure during the pre-Christian medieval Scandinavia, sometimes compared to prophets and oracles. The vitkar could carry tattooed on their chests "hugrúnar" (runes to memory and loquacity). Currently there's a Vitki figure in Germanic neopaganism.
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Vedmak In Slavic mythology, a Vědmák (Russian: Ведьмак ; ; Bulgarian: Вещер ; Ukrainian: Відьмак , "Vidmak", Belarusian: вядзьмак, вядзьмар , Polish: "Wiedźmin, wiedźmak" Serbian: Вештац ) is a warlock or male witch, the female equivalent (witch) being "vědma", but unlike the latter, the vedmak may also possess positive qualities.
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Gothmog (The First Age) Gothmog is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He appears in "The Silmarillion". Gothmog is a servant of Melkor (I.e. Morgoth) and leads or participates in many of his invasions throughout Arda. Though extremely formidable, Gothmog would meet his end at hands of Elf lord Ecthelion during the surprise attack on the hidden city of Gondolin.
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Nótt In Norse mythology, Nótt (Old Norse "night") is night personified, grandmother of Thor. In both the "Poetic Edda", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Nótt is listed as the daughter of a figure by the name of Nörvi (with variant spellings) and is associated with the horse Hrímfaxi, while the "Prose Edda" features information about Nótt's ancestry, including her three marriages. Nótt's third marriage was to the god Dellingr and this resulted in their son Dagr, the personified day (although some manuscript variations list Jörð as Dellingr's wife and Dagr's mother instead). As a proper noun, the word "nótt" appears throughout Old Norse literature.
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Sæhrímnir In Norse mythology, Sæhrímnir is the creature killed and eaten every night by the Æsir and einherjar. The cook of the gods, Andhrímnir, is responsible for the slaughter of Sæhrímnir and its preparation in the cauldron Eldhrímnir. After Sæhrímnir is eaten, the beast is brought back to life again to provide sustenance for the following day. Sæhrímnir is attested in the "Poetic Edda", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, and the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
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Dvalinn In Norse mythology, Dvalinn is a dwarf who appears in several Old Norse tales and kennings. The name translates as "the dormant one" or "the one slumbering" (akin to the Danish and Norwegian "dvale" and Swedish "dvala", meaning "sleep", "unconscious condition" or "hibernation"). Dvalin is listed as one of the four stags of Yggdrasill in both "Grímnismál" from the "Poetic Edda" and "Gylfaginning" from the "Prose Edda".
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Einherjar In Norse mythology, the einherjar (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters") are those who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries. In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly-resurrecting beast Sæhrímnir, and are brought their fill of mead (from the udder of the goat Heiðrún) by valkyries. The einherjar prepare daily for the events of Ragnarök, when they will advance for an immense battle at the field of Vígríðr; the battle which the "ein" (here meaning single-time) refers to.
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Líf and Lífþrasir In Norse mythology, Líf (identical with the Old Norse feminine noun meaning "life, the life of the body") and Lífþrasir (Old Norse masculine name from "líf" and "þrasir". "Lexicon Poëticum" defines this name as ""Livæ amator, vitæ amans, vitæ cupidus"", "Líf's lover, lover of life, zest for life"), sometimes anglicized as Lif and Lifthrasir—female and male respectively—are two humans who are foretold to survive the events of Ragnarök by hiding in a wood called Hoddmímis holt, and after the flames have abated, to repopulate the newly risen and fertile world. Líf and Lífþrasir are mentioned in the "Poetic Edda", compiled in the thirteenth century from earlier traditional sources, and the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the underlying meaning and origins of the two names.
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Veles (god) Veles (Cyrillic Serbian: Велес; Polish: "Weles" ; ; Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian: "Veles"; Ruthenian and Old Church Slavonic: Велесъ; Belarusian: Вялес ("Vialies") ), also known as Volos (Russian: Волос , listed as a Christian saint in Old Russian texts), is a major Slavic god of earth, waters, forests and the underworld. His attributes are wet, wooly, hairy (bearded), dark and he is associated with cattle, the harvest, wealth, music, magic and trickery. Believed to be related to the Indo-European deity of Mitra, as well as Norse deity of Loki. According to reconstruction by some researchers he is the opponent of the Supreme thunder-god Perun. As such he probably has been imagined as a dragon, which in the belief of the pagan Slavs is a chimeric being, a serpent with a bear's head and drooping hairy ears. His tree is the willow, like god Perun's tree is the oak.
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Ask and Embla In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla (from Old Norse "Askr ok Embla")—male and female respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the "Poetic Edda", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, three gods, one of whom is Odin, find Ask and Embla and bestow upon them various corporeal and spiritual gifts. A number of theories have been proposed to explain the two figures, and there are occasional references to them in popular culture.
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Arda (Tolkien) In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Arda is the name given to the Earth in an imaginary period of prehistory, wherein the places mentioned in "The Lord of the Rings" and related material once existed. It included several seas and oceans, and the continents of Middle-earth, the Dark Lands, Aman (the Undying Lands), the island of Númenor, and other unknown lands left largely unnamed by Tolkien.
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Hagen (legend) Hagen (German form) or Högni ("Old Norse" Hǫgni, often anglicized as Hogni) is a Burgundian warrior in tales about the Burgundian kingdom at Worms. Hagen is often identified as a brother or half-brother of King Gunther (Old Norse "Gunnarr"). In the "Nibelungenlied" he is nicknamed "from Tronje".
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Thorvald Thorvald is from the "Old Norse" name "Þórvaldr", which means "Thor's ruler". Despite this pagan origin, the name survived the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity and remains popular up to the present.
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Turkic mythology Turkic mythology embraces Tengriist and Shamanist and Hindu traditions as well as all cultural and social subjects being a nomad folk. Later, especially after Turkic migration some of the myths were decorated with Islamic symbols. It has many common points with Mongol mythology. Turkic mythology was influenced by other local mythologies. For example, in Tatar mythology elements of Finnic and Indo-European myth co-exist. Subjects from Tatar mythology include Äbädä, Alara. Şüräle, Şekä, Pitsen, Tulpar, and Zilant. Besides Buddhism, Turkic mythology was influenced by Manichaeism.
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Elegast Elegast ("elf spirit") is the hero and noble robber in the poem "Karel ende Elegast", an early Middle Dutch epic poem that has been translated into English as "Charlemagne and Elbegast". In the poem, he possibly represents the King of the Elves. He appears as a knight on a black horse, an outcast vassal of Charlemagne living in the forest. The original Dutch poem uses the name Elegast, while translated versions of the poem commonly use the name "Elbegast" in German and English, or "Alegast" in the Scandinavian ballad.
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Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse "valkyrja" "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"). When the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens and sometimes connected to swans or horses.
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History of Arda In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of the fictional universe of Eä began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the universe. Time from that point was measured using Valian Years, though the subsequent history of Arda was divided into three time periods using different years, known as the Years of the Lamps, the Years of the Trees and the Years of the Sun. A separate, overlapping chronology divides the history into 'Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar'. The first such Age began with the Awakening of the Elves during the Years of the Trees and continued for the first six centuries of the Years of the Sun. All the subsequent Ages took place during the Years of the Sun. Most Middle-earth stories take place in the first three Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar.