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Frey

(Encyclopedia) FreyFreyfrā [key], Norse god. He was a beneficent deity associated with the fertilizing powers of the sun and the rain and, like his sister Freyja, with the return of spring. His…

Jakob the Liar

Director:Peter KassovitzWriters:Peter Kassovitz and Didier DecoinColumbia Pictures; 114 minutes; PG-13Release:9/99Cast:Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Michael Jeter Jakob the Liar…

Jakob Dylan Biography

Jakob Dylansinger, songwriter, musicianBorn: 12/9/1969 The youngest child of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, he attended art school before putting together his band, The Wallflowers,…

Brewer's: Frey

Son of Niörd, the Van. He was the Scandinavian god of fertility and peace, and the dispenser of rain. Frey was the patron god of Sweden and Iceland, he rode on the boar Gullinbursti, and…

Glenn Frey

Glenn Frey is the guitarist, singer and songwriter who co-created The Eagles, one of rock music’s legendary groups. Glenn Frey grew up in suburban Detroit and headed to Los Angeles after high school…

Wassermann, Jakob

(Encyclopedia) Wassermann, JakobWassermann, Jakobyäˈkôp [key]Wassermann, Jakob väsˈərmän [key], 1873–1934, Austrian novelist, b. Bavaria. He won international fame with Christian Wahnschaffe (1919;…

Dillenius, Johann Jakob

(Encyclopedia) Dillenius, Johann JakobDillenius, Johann Jakobdĭlāˈnēəs [key], 1687–1747, English botanist, of German birth. He published catalogs of the plants of Eltham, Kent, and of Geissen,…