NYX:
Nyx, in Greek mythology, female personification of night but also a great cosmogonical figure, feared even by Zeus, the king of the gods.
According to one tradition, she was the daughter of Chaos and the mother of numerous primordial powers, including Sleep and Death. Another tradition made her the daughter and successor of Phanes, a creator god; she continued to advise her own successors (Uranus, her son by Phanes; Cronus, youngest son of Uranus; and Zeus) by means of her oracular gifts. Throughout antiquity she caught the imagination of poets and artists but was seldom worshiped
WYRD:
Mentioned in a section on Beowulf, referred to as the fate of all men.
TYR:
Tyr, Old Norse TİR, Old English TIW, or TIU, one of the oldest gods of the Germanic peoples and a somewhat enigmatic figure. He was apparently the god concerned with the formalities of war--especially treaties--and also, appropriately, of justice. It is in his character as guarantor of contracts, guardian of oaths, that the most famous myth about him may be understood: as a guarantee of good faith, he placed his hand between the jaws of the monstrous wolf Fenrir while the gods, pretending sport but intending a trap, bound the wolf; when Fenrir realized he had been tricked he bit off Tyr's hand (hence Tyr's identification as the one-handed god). Tyr came to be identified by the Romans with their own Mars, hence dies Marti (Mars' Day) came to be rendered Tısdagr (Tuesday).
(Maybe Tyr had a very good justice system!)
MUIRTHEMNE:
...The formulaic and poetic language of the Irish cycles is admirably preserved in Lady Gregory's retelling of the stories Cuchulain of Muirthemne (1902)... (Cuchulain was an Irish hero. I presume that Muirthemne was a place in Ireland. Bungie seem to have used quite a lot of Irish stuff).
LLANCARFAN:
Morgannwg, English GLAMORGAN, historic region and former county, southern Wales. The region, forming a quarter circle between the Taff and Neath rivers, consists of a northern, barren, upland moor, interspersed with narrow river valleys and a southern section, comprising an undulating plain known as the Vale of Glamorgan and extending into the Gower Peninsula (coming to this). The earliest traces of people within the region are human remains from the Paleolithic Period that were discovered in the caves on the southern coast of the Gower Peninsula. At the time of the Roman invasion the area was inhabited by the Silures, whose conquest by the Romans began about AD 75. The Romans later built roads throughout the region to link their military forts. Important centres of Celtic Christianity in the region in the 6th century include Llandaff, associated with St. Dubricius of Dyfrig and St. Teilo, and the great monastic settlements of Llancarfan, Llandough, and Llantwit Major.
GOWER:
Gower is mainly a plateau 150-450 feet (45-140 m) in height, into which many short streams have incised narrow, steep-sided valleys. Above the rolling plateau surfaces are some ridges, such as that from Penclawdd to Swansea, across the neck of the peninsula, and the Cefn Bryn ridge in the west.
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Today the Gower is an agricultural area, with dairying and, in places, market gardening. In 1956 it was officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty, and tourism has become increasingly important (Hmmm! In Myth, Gower is a 'dodgy' area that doesn't sound a particularly nice place to go). The eastern section has become part of the Swansea metropolitan area. Pop. (1973 est.) Gower rural district, 17,220
GHOL:
...Ghol, a dried fish product used in making isinglass, is exported to Europe...
