Talk:Waluburg
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[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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... that the Germanic prophetess Waluburg may have been hired by the Roman governor of Egypt to prophesy by studying the currents of First Cataract of the Nile?- ALT1:
... that no one knows how the Germanic priestess Waluburg ended up so far from her home at the southern frontier of Roman Egypt? - ALT2:... that the Germanic seeress Waluburg is only known from a potshard found on the island Elephantine in southern Egypt?
- ALT3:... that the name of the Germanic sorceress Waluburg was found on a potshard in southern Egypt and means 'magic staff protection'?
- ALT1:
5x expanded by Berig (talk). Self-nominated at 09:59, 19 October 2021 (UTC).
Interesting history of a woman about whom we don't know much, fine expansion on good-looking sources, offline sources AGF. I like ALT2 best. When I looked at the article, name and map suggested a place, not a person, - any chance for an infobox clarifying? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have tried to clarify in the caption, now.–Berig (talk) 16:14, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have also added an infobox, per your suggestion.–Berig (talk) 19:22, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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