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This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...
List of Germanic deities. A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: gods Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses Sunna, Sinthgunt, Volla, and Friia ( Emil Doepler, 1905) In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses ...
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 . The Old Norse poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð, and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál provide lists of ...
This top female name has a sweet ring to it and means “rival.” Related: Best Irish Girl Names. German Girl Names 13. Elke “Noblewoman” is the strong definition behind this German name. 14 ...
Johanna Braun (1929–2008), German writer. Angelika Brandt (born 1961), deep-sea biologist, non-fiction writer. Lily Braun (1865–1916), feminist writer. Ilse Gräfin von Bredow (1922–2014), novelist and non-fiction writer. Christine Brückner (1921–1996), novelist, short story writer, children's writer.
Elizabeth Fenwick and E. P. Fenwick (pseudonyms for Elizabeth Fenwick Way) Mary Fitt (pseudonym for Kathleen Freeman) (1897–1959) Joanne Fluke (born 1943) Gillian Flynn (born 1971) Elena Forbes. Karin Fossum (born 1954) Earlene Fowler (born 1954) Barbara Fradkin.
20. Hilda. Guido Mieth/Getty Images. This name of German origin has a strong sound and a meaning to match: “battle woman.”. 21. Helga. Helga is an Old Norse name with a Germanic meaning of ...