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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Naglfar

The giants' ship, in which they will embark on “the last day” to give battle to the gods. It is made of the nails of the dead. (Old Norse, nagl, a human nail, and fara, to make.) (Scandinavian mythology.) Piloted by Hrymer

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Nahushtan
Naga
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