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Junner

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A giant in Scandinavian mythology, said in the Edda to represent the “eternal principle.” Its skull forms the heavens; its eyes the sun and moon; its shoulders the mountains; its bones the rocks, etc.; hence the poets call heaven “Junner’s skull;” the sun, “Junner’s right eye;” the moon, “Junner’s left eye;” the rivers, “the ichor of old Junner.” (See Giants.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Jump Over the Broomstick (To)
Jumper
June
June Marriages Lucky
Junior Optime
Junior Soph
Junius
Junk
Junk
Junket
Junner
Juno
Junonian Bird
Junto
Jupiter
Jupiter Scapin
Jupiter’s Beard
Jurassic Rocks
Jurisprudence
Jury Leg (A)
Jury Mast

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