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  Valkyries
Signy was the daughter of Volsung and Ljod (Hljod).
Signy was the reluctant bride of Siggeir, king of Gothland.
Signy who was involved with her other children's death, returned to the burning house, to die with her husband, whom she hated.
www.timelessmyths.com /norse/valkyries.html   (4550 words)

  
 Signy — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Signy was established in 1947, mainly as a meteorological station.
Signy was the center of the BAS biological science until 1995, when the marine component was transferred to Rothera.
The Signy Base is open from November to April with a maximum population of eight to ten.
www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-bases/signy   (307 words)

  
 Signy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Signy is the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Scandinavian mythology which were very popular in medieval Scandinavia.
The second Signy is the daughter of king Siggeir's nephew Sigar.
Hagbard managed to signal this to Signy who set her house on fire and died in the flames whereupon Hagbard hanged himself in the gallows, see Hagbard and Signy for more.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Signy   (240 words)

  
 Hagbard and Signy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hagbard and Signy (Signe) (the Viking Age) or Habor and Sign(h)ild (the Middle Ages and later) were a pair of lovers in Scandinavian mythology and folklore whose legend was widely popular.
Hagbard was the son of Haamund and Signy was the daughter of Sigar.
Signy, however, who understood that it was Hagbard who had come to see her, explained to the maidens that his verse was truthful.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hagbard_and_Signy   (1121 words)

  
 Signy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Signy Island is a small sub-Antarctic island, 6.5 km long and less than 5 km wide.
It was then developed in 1963 into a major biological station with new living accommodation, laboratories and diving facilities, together with a launch and inflatable craft for work at sea.
Signy was the centre of BAS biological science until 1995, when the marine component was transferred to Rothera.
www.antarctica.ac.uk /Living_and_Working/Stations/Signy/index.html   (237 words)

  
 Völsunga Saga
Signy was the twin sister of Sigmund and enjoyed a close relationship with her brother.
Signy secretly went to her brother and smeared honey all over his face and inside his mouth.
Signy ordered her brother to kill her last two children to Siggeir, but he refused to kill any more of his sister's children.
www.timelessmyths.com /norse/volsunga.html   (5249 words)

  
 Teutonic Myth and Legend: Chapter XXVI. How Sigmund was Avenged
Signy had two sons, and it was her heart's hope that their Volsung blood would stir them up to avenge her sire's death.
Another winter came, and Signy sent her second son unto her brother; but he proved to be timorous like the first, and was put to death also.
But Sigmund was loath that Signy should perish, and he called to her to make escape with all the treasure she could seize.
www.sacred-texts.com /neu/tml/tml31.htm   (1694 words)

  
 Whiteout, by Sage Walker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Signy heated a tortilla, spread sinful real butter on it, and sat down at the table, mesmerized by the look of the icy blue shadows marching east, by the colors fading away from the mountains.
Signy blended into the colors around her, a tawny woman camouflaged in a taupe skinthin, her hair the color of old oak.
Signy saw Jared with a new lover, Pilar in the embrace of a less sedate group, one that wouldn't nag her about silly things like funds or remind her that she needed to sleep, sometimes.
www.tor.com /sampleWhiteout.html   (7552 words)

  
 WonderBlog: VOLSUNGA SAGA 4
Signy sent men to find out where he was, and when she found out, she went to him.
But Signy, in the shape of the sorceress, was off to the woods to see Sigmund.
Signy went up to Sigmund’s door, “Please,” she said, “I am a poor woman, cold in the woods.
www.murphyhorner.com /archives/000281.html   (775 words)

  
 The Swan | Military Command in Women's Science Fiction: C.J. Cherryh's Signy Mallory
Signy Mallory, from a society which ostensibly values human life, must compete in a war against a society that produces soldiers factory-style.
For Signy Mallory, as for Sassinak and Cordelia Naismith, violence is neither chaos nor instinct, those fearful states of femaleness that have marked the literature of earlier centuries, and of some men today.
The remainder of this article will explore the character of Signy Mallory as a leader of soldiers in a war no one understands anymore, and as a woman of conflicting impulses trying to find a clear path through the tangle of political expediency and treachery around her.
www.dm.net /~theswan/baconsmith.html   (3067 words)

  
 Signy - Baby Names   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Signy was the daughter of Volsung, a great and mighty king and warrior, and of his ten children, Signy was the only daughter, a twin to his oldest son, Sigmund, and they were thought to be the wisest and fairest of all the children.
Signy got a slave to smear Sigmund's face with honey so that the wolf would lick him instead of biting him.
Sigmund was thus able to catch the wolf's tongue in his teeth and overcome the beast.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art10363.asp   (242 words)

  
 VI. The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs. Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund. 1909-14. The ...
Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund.
Now Sigmund deemed he wotted that the lad was of no such heart as that he should be fain to have him for his fellow; and when he met his sister, Sigmund said that he had come no nigher to the aid of a man though the youngling were with him.
So this winter wears, and the next winter Signy sent her next son to Sigmund; and there is no need to make a long tale thereof, for in like wise went all things, and he slew the child by the counsel of Signy.
www.bartleby.com /49/4/106.html   (240 words)

  
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Then were the gangways shipped, and blown was the parting horn, And the striped sails drew with the wind, and away was Signy borne White on the shielded long-ship, a grief in the heart of the gold; Nor once would she turn her about the strand of her folk to behold.
Fierce then in the heart of Signy a sudden flame 'gan burn, And the eyes of her soul saw all things, like the blind, whom the world's last fire Hath healed in one passing moment 'twixt his death and his desire.
And oft he thinketh on Signy and oft he nameth her name, And tells how she spent her joyance and her lifedays and her fame That the Volsung kin might blossom and bear the fruit of worth For the hope of unborn people and the harvest of the earth.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/8/3/2/18328/18328.txt   (7100 words)

  
 Bienvenue sur le site de la Municipalité de Signy-Le-Petit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
With its ponds and rivers, Signy has everything to fulfil the desires of those who love fishing and walking along riversides.
La "Petite Eau" is a canal constructed to lead the water away from the valley of Signy to furnish the mills witch are located on the stream.
This little river, tributary of the Oise, during 30 km, across signy le Petit and its 4 ponds, for a length of 5 km.
www.signy-le-petit.com /_Etangs_en.asp   (195 words)

  
 FIDS, Signy Island, Base H
Base H on Signy Island was formally established on March 18th, 1947, so it will soon be time to celebrate its 60th birthday.
A number of Fids who recall the 40th and 50th Anniversary Reunions have already asked whether there are plans for a similar event next year.
Dave Ball (1975 1976) - Lancaster email Wintered on Signy in 1975 had my 20th birthday on base and then my 21st on the old Brantub anchored off Adelaide.
www.coolantarctica.com /Community/fids_signy_island_base_H.htm   (566 words)

  
 GL Cast - Signy Coleman
Signy Coleman was born on July 4 in Ross, California, at Marin General Hospital.
Vincent and Signy have a daughter named Siena Sophia Irizarry, who born on March 6, 1990.
Signy married Thomas Nolan on August 7, 1999.
www.soap-news.com /gl/a/coleman.htm   (169 words)

  
 Larry Signy - Page 6 - Griffin Park Grapevine
Mr Signy has already told us that he will pinging your braces as soon as he gets back from his assignment in France and that when he is done with you you are gonna have to be fed liquids only for about six weeks.
The bottom line was it seemed to me that BU was trying to puff up their running of the club and how well they were managing it and wanted the fan in the street to believe that they had now got into the situation where Griffin Park was completely safe.
It is inconceivable that such a statement could have been "missed" in the vetting (assuming that Signy who hates liars and claims that I am one) was telling the truth about BU approving the articles before publication.
www.griffinpark.org /forums/showthread.php?p=871260   (1890 words)

  
 Welcome to Signy-Le-Petit !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
, we offer a presentation concerning the local environment, with particular emphasis on the forest and ponds around Signy.
shows you the various forms of accommodation available, as well as all the activities on offer either at Signy or nearby.
will fill you in on Signy’s history, as well as providing information about the tales and legends of the curiosities in our district.
www.signy-le-petit.com /index_en.asp   (94 words)

  
 An Tir: Other pictures of Sven and Signy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Coronation: Signy awaiting her entrance to the Coronation ceremony.
Standing with her are her attendants (LtoR): The Honourable Lord Brandt, Lady Eirika, Her Highness Signy, Lady Miranda, and Michael the Tall.
Their Majesties, Sven and Signy, creating the Court Baron and Court Baroness Sir Rolf Longbow and the Honourable Lady Ashley Longbow.
www.antir.sca.org /WhosWho/p108a.html   (234 words)

  
 Bienvenue sur le site de la Municipalité de Signy-Le-Petit (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Nous vous présentons ici notre environnement et plus particulièrement la forêt et les étangs de Signy.
Découvrez notre village de gîtes, la base de loisirs et toutes les activités que vous pourrez pratiquer sur place et dans les environs.
Découvrez ici l'historique de signy, ainsi que les histoires
www.signy-le-petit.com.cob-web.org:8888   (137 words)

  
 Behind the Name: Leave Ratings and Impressions
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www.behindthename.com /rating/rate.php?name=signy   (32 words)

  
 Signy Coleman
She's Suzanne Modeski...and she's played by Signy Coleman, a ballerina turned model turned actress with a large following from soap operas.
I was walking out the door across the parking lot and I said to myself, 'You're so stupid, you were so nervous,' everything you say to yourself as an actress when you're walking out the door."
Coleman had known David Duchovny for years through the Los Angeles acting community, and fell in love with the Lone Gunmen on the set.
www.littlereview.com /getcritical/interviews/coleman.htm   (2548 words)

  
 Wolf Country, Myth and Stories, Signy (Norse Legend)
Wolf Country, Myth and Stories, Signy (Norse Legend)
Signy chose to die herself in the burning palace, but not before she had told Sigmund the truth about Sinfiotli's parentage.
Wolf Country will not give out your email address unless you want us too.
www.wolfcountry.net /information/myth_stories/Signy.html   (208 words)

  
 Research Stations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In support of aircraft operations based at Rothera research station, two important logistics facilities are opened each summer, providing depots and staging posts for fuels and field equipment.
Field huts and hides have been built on Bird Island, Signy Island and Alexander Island, and on two islands close to Rothera in Ryder Bay, Lagoon Island and Léonie Island.
Since its inception the British Antarctic Survey has occupied 19 research stations.
www.antarctica.ac.uk /Living_and_Working/Stations   (123 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Berkeley Square: DVD: Clare Wilkie,Victoria Smurfit,Tabitha Wady,Kate Williams,Rosemary Leach,Ruth ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Amazon.com: Berkeley Square (Boxed Set): Video: Clare Wilkie,Victoria Smurfit,Tabitha Wady,Kate Williams,Rosemary ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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Lesley Manning - Director, Richard Signy - Director, Deborah Cook - Writer, Lilie Ferrari - Writer, Suzanne van de Velde - Writer, Alison Davis - Producer (producer), Christopher Moss - Producer (associate producer)...
First tag: period movie (Odalis M. Duprey on Mar 15, 2006)
www.amazon.com /Berkeley-Square-Boxed-Richard-Signy/dp/0773343032   (1875 words)

  
 Signy Coleman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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