Fafnir (Marvel Comics) entities is stopped when Thor agrees to go to Hel's realm willingly. Fafnir later reappears in the 2011 limited series "Avengers Prime" in the aftermath of the "Siege" storyline as, at first, an adversary then ally of Thor, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers with several legions of ogres and elves in battle against a Twilight Sword wielding Hela and her army. Fafnir was originally a normal man until transformed by the properties of a magical pool into a large dragon. Fafnir retains his intellect and speech, possesses superhuman strength and durability, and the ability to breathe fire and cast illusions.
Mythology in the Low Countries the trees were filled with good spirits, and kept the land firm otherwise it would melt or disappear under water and floods. Eyck names: The popular Dutch names, "Eyck" and "Van Eyck", mean "oak" and "of the oak", respectively. Oak trees were venerated in Druidic religion and mythology. Many other place names in Netherlands have ancient mythological meanings, some named after Pre-Christian deities or reflecting other myths of the ancient people: Mythology in the Low Countries The mythology of the modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg has its roots in the mythologies of pre-Christian (e.g. Gaulish (Gallo-Roman) and Germanic) cultures, predating