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in reply to a message by Seda*
The first and only time I've heard it was a woman calling her dog that. I just figured it was made up because it just sounds namey.
But, did you see this?
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/norse-mythology.php?deity=JOLA
I have no way of checking the authenticity of this .. no other sites on a quick search of "valkyries names" bring it up credibly.
A few full names appear on the Google search, but I am not language savvy enough to ID their nationality by the attached surnames.. maybe you can. I hope you'll post if you find anything.
I was inclined to think it was a short form for Jolana or Jolanda.. but have found no reason to believe that either.
- chazda
But, did you see this?
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/norse-mythology.php?deity=JOLA
I have no way of checking the authenticity of this .. no other sites on a quick search of "valkyries names" bring it up credibly.
A few full names appear on the Google search, but I am not language savvy enough to ID their nationality by the attached surnames.. maybe you can. I hope you'll post if you find anything.
I was inclined to think it was a short form for Jolana or Jolanda.. but have found no reason to believe that either.
- chazda
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I'd be careful quoting this site, looks a bis mystic to me (and commercial of course). I haven't been able to find a valkyr by the name Jola. But in a dictionary of mythology I came across this:
Jolareid: Norwegian for > Asgardreid
Asgardreid: lit. "horrible ride". In northern Mythology: wild chase of supernatural beings, sweeping away wanderers at night. Also > Jolareid in the context of the dangerous midwinter (> Jul)
Jul: Important feast of fertility (and some cult of the dead) celebrated in winter by the Teutons.
I'm not sure whether this is what the site mentioned above had in mind. All I know is JOLA as a short form of Jolanda/Jolantha.
Andy ;—)
Jolareid: Norwegian for > Asgardreid
Asgardreid: lit. "horrible ride". In northern Mythology: wild chase of supernatural beings, sweeping away wanderers at night. Also > Jolareid in the context of the dangerous midwinter (> Jul)
Jul: Important feast of fertility (and some cult of the dead) celebrated in winter by the Teutons.
I'm not sure whether this is what the site mentioned above had in mind. All I know is JOLA as a short form of Jolanda/Jolantha.
Andy ;—)
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