Thule (disambiguation)

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Thule, is an ancient semi-mythical island often identified with Iceland, Shetland, or Greenland. In the works of Procopius it refers to a part of Scandinavia.

The name Thule is commonly associated with Northern Europe and the Arctic, and has various meanings in different fields:

Contents 1 Historical 2 Places 3 Societies 4 Music 5 Literature 6 Astronomy 7 Business 8 Other uses

[edit] Historical

• Thule or Thyle (from the Old Norse Þulr "wise-man, sage") was a specific courtly position associated with Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon royalt and chieftains in the Middle Ages.
• Thule people, ancestors of the Inuit, and their Thule culture.

[edit] Places

• Qaanaaq, a town in northwest Greenland formerly known as Thule.
• Thule Island, a small island in the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

[edit] Societies

• Thule Society, an early forerunner of the Nazi Party. See also Thule-Seminar.
• White order of Thule, an esoteric Nazi association.

[edit] Music

• Thule (Ostara album), an album by the band Ostara (band).
• Thule (Armia album), an album by Polish band Armia and one of the songs on this album.
• Thule (Grzegorz Turnau song), a song on the album Ultima by Grzegorz Turnau.
• Thule Records, a defunct Icelandic electronic music record label.
• Thule (songbook), a song book published by the student unions at Luleå University of Technology
  • Ultima Thule (Swedish band), a Swedish nationalist rock group.
  • Ultima Thule (Estonian band), an Estonian rock group.
  • Ultima Thule (American band), an American Jazz Fusion band.

[edit] Literature

• Thule (Vladimir Nabokov story), a short story by Vladimir Nabokov.
• Greenland, known as Thule in Thea Beckman's trilogy The Children of Thule.

[edit] Astronomy

• Thule asteroid, an asteroid group.
  • 279 Thule, an asteroid.

[edit] Business

• Thule corporation, a Swedish manufacturer of car roof racks.

[edit] Other uses

• Ultima Thule, any geographical place beyond known maps (see Thule).
• Thule Air Base of the US Air Force, located near Qaanaaq
• Thule, a fictional planet from the Star Wars universe
• Thule (beer), a brand of Icelandic beer.
• Thule (glassware), a series of glassware designed by Tapio Wirkkala