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La Saga des Ynglingar a été écrite à l'origine en vieux norrois par l'écrivain islandais Snorri Sturluson vers l'année 1225.

Elle se base sur un texte du , Ynglingatal, attribué au scalde norvégien Thjódólf des Hvínir, et qui apparaît également dans l'Historia Norwegiae et sur le Háleygjatal d'Eyvind Finsson. Snorri utilise également un certain nombre de sagas et de « dits » þættir pour la rédaction de sa saga.

La Saga des Ynglingar est la première partie de l'Heimskringla, l'histoire des anciens rois nordiques rédigée par Sturluson. Elle raconte la partie la plus ancienne de l'histoire de la dynastie des Ynglingar. Les spécialistes modernes ont montré que ce récit de l'antiquité scandinave est une traduction du mythe en termes d'histoire.

Ainsi, la saga parle de l'arrivée des dieux nordiques en Scandinavie et de la fondation de la dynastie des Ynglingar par le dieu Freyr à Uppsala. Ensuite, la saga suit la lignée des rois suédois jusqu'à Ingjald Illrada. Ses descendants s'établirent alors en Norvège, où la saga se poursuit, et seraient les ancêtres d'Harald à la Belle Chevelure.

Elle a été traduite en anglais et publiée en 1844.

Traduction française
  François-Xavier Dillmann Histoire des rois de Norvège par Snorri Sturluson, éditions Gallimard l'aube des peuples, Paris, 2000  « Histoire des Ynglingar » 55 à 108.
 Ingeborg Cavalié (préf., notes et trad.), La Saga des Ynglingar précédée du Prologue à la Heimskringla par Snorri Sturluson, Le Porte-Glaive, Paris, 1990.

Références

Ynglingar
Source de la mythologie nordique


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Kevin Konrad Hanna, (),is an American film director, writer and artist noted for his work in feature film animation, comic books, video games, and television, best known for directing the feature film The Clockwork Girl based on the graphic novel of the same name.

History
Forgoing a formal education in the arts, he started work in the video game industry when he was a teenager, where he worked on games for publishers such as Electronic Arts and Mattel.

He then left games for a stint in Hollywood where he worked on Roughnecks Starship Troopers, Max Steel and The Red Hot Chili Peppers music video for the single "Californication".

He then spent the following years at Microsoft becoming a founding member of the Xbox team, where he worked on Crimson Skies, Combat Flight Sim and Shadowrun for the Xbox 360.

In 2006 he co-founded X-Ray Kid Studios with Jeff Matsuda, Mike Christian and Brian Wyser.

He and his family then moved to California from Washington to work as an Art Director for Disney Interactive where he art directed and shipped over 50 titles.

In 2008, Hanna started the comic book publishing and multimedia company Frogchildren Studios, best known for publishing the comic book Sixteen Miles to Merricks and Creature Academy: The Legacy.

He currently lives in Washington working for Frogchildren Studios, an animation studio where he worked as a creative and artistic director on Google Lively, Kinect for Xbox 360, Disney XD and more.  On September 16, 2008, he was a keynote speaker at Game Developers Conference where he was the first to speak publicly on Google Lively, and announced Google's gaming intentions.

Most recently, he directed the animated feature film, The Clockwork Girl., the Huey Lewis and the News music video "While We're Young", as well as introductions for TV series The Magicians.

In 2022, along with Emerald City Comic Con founder Jim Demonakos, he directed Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters a documentary about comic book creator Mike Mignola.

Film credits
 The Clockwork Girl (2014) -director/creator
 Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (2014) -director/producer

TV credits
 Max Steel (2001)
 "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication". (2000)
 Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999)
 Decrypting Krypton (2018) -director/creator
 Huey Lewis and the News: While We're Young (2020) -director

Comic book credits

 Frogchildren - creator/writer/artist (webcomic, 2005)
 Sixteen Miles to Merricks - editor (Frogchildren Studios, 2008)
 Clockwork Girl - co-creator/writer/artist (HarperCollins, 2011)
Arcana Studio Presents #6: "Creepsville" (with Bill Rude, Chris Wyatt and Brandon Graham, Arcana Studio, 2009)
 All-Star Western#1 - color assists (DC Comics, 2011)
 Creature Academy - creator/writer/artist  (Frogchildren Studios, 2013)
 Harley Quinn #28 - artist (dream sequence with Moritat) (DC Comics, 2016)

Video game credits

2003 - Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, 3d artist (Microsoft Game Studios)
2005 - Shadowrun, 3d artist (Microsoft Game Studios)
2007 - Disney's Princess: Royal Adventure, art director (Disney)
2007 - Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action, art director (Disney)
2007 - High School Musical: Sing It!, art director (Disney)
2007 - Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition, art director (Disney)
2007 - Meet the Robinsons, art director (Disney)
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean, art director (Disney)
2007 - Google Lively, creative director, art director (Google)
2010 - ESPN on Xbox Live, creative director, art director  (Microsoft Game Studios)
2012 - Ruby Blast, art director  (Zynga)
2013 - Puzzle Charms, art director (Zynga)
2016 - Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, art director (PopCap Games, Electronic Arts) (with Jordan Kotzebue, Chris Furnis and Stephen Byrne)
2019 - Best Fiends, commercial director (Seriously Digital Entertainment)
2020 - Plants vs. Zombies 3, art director (PopCap Games, Electronic Arts)

Recognition

In 2008, Kevin Hanna received a Moonbeam Award for Best Graphic Novel for The Clockwork Girl,.
In 2008, The Clockwork Girl won Graphic Novel of the Year at Book Expo America by ForeWord magazine.
In 2010, The Clockwork Girl was A Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient: Comic Books & Graphic Novels.
 2022: FilmQuest Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters" with collaborator Kevin Konrad Hanna
 2022: Gen Con Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"
 2022: Chagrin Documentary Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"
 2022: Fantasmagoria: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"
 2022: Prague Independent Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"

References

External links

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Living people
American male writers
American directors
American people of Arab descent
Hanna, Kevin
American animated film directors
American comics writers
American comics artists
American webcomic creators
Writers from Sunnyvale, California
Film directors from California
1980 births

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Kilteely and Dromkeen is an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly that is located in eastern County Limerick, Ireland. The southern part of the parish is centred on the village of Kilteely ( or "The Church of Tidel") which is located at the foot of the Hill of Kilteely, about 14 miles south-east of the city of Limerick. It is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Smallcounty. The northern part of the parish is centred on the village of Dromkeen ( or "The Smooth Ridge") which is located on the N24 Limerick- Waterford Road, halfway between Limerick City and Tipperary town. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Clanwilliam.

Geography
The landscape in this parish is different from the rest of the landscape in County Limerick which is predominantly flat. This is because Kilteely-Dromkeen is situated in one of the most important Carboniferous Volcanic districts in either Great Britain or Ireland. A variety of igneous rocks from two volcanic phases of about 300 million years ago can be found here. The volcanic plugs of Knockderk 220 m (782 ft) and Kilteely Hill 176 m (580 ft) are both conical in appearance, while in the neighbouring parish of Pallasgreen stands the Hill of Nicker, where hardened lavas have formed a cliff of basalt hexagons, similar to those found at the Giant's Causeway. As the area is within the Golden Vale, the land in this area is generally good, and is used primarily for the grazing of livestock and some tillage. The Mulkear River flows through the eastern edges of Dromkeen parish.

History

Dromkeen is famous for the Dromkeen Ambush, an attack on Black and Tan police forces during the Irish War of Independence in 1921. The attack was carried out near the old Church of Ireland church in a joint operation between the East Limerick and West Limerick Brigades of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). A flying column force of about 40 ambushed two lorries carrying between them thirteen Black and Tan police officers. Two of these managed to escape, but the other eleven were killed. It was one of the larger operations carried out by the IRA during the War of Independence.

In modern times, Dromkeen was well known for its ballroom of romance, "The Oyster Ballroom", owned by the Hayes family. Since its creation in 1958 through the 60s it enjoyed immense popularity and attracted large crowds – sometimes up to 2,000 dancers from counties Limerick and Tipperary – for the weekly Sunday night dance where the leading showbands of the day played on a regular basis.

Education
The parish is served by two primary schools; Kilteely National School is located in Kilteely village, Cloverfield National School is located in Dromkeen parish.

Sport
There is a strong Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) following in the area. Teams from Kilteely-Dromkeen GAA Club compete in the East Limerick Division at Junior and under-age competitions in hurling and Gaelic football.
Kilteely AFC soccer club was founded in 1983 and plays in the Limerick city and county leagues.

People

Joseph Bradshaw, Victoria Cross recipient
Willie O'Dea (born 27 November 1952) - Fianna Fáil TD for Limerick City and Minister for Defence.
John Francis Dillon (born 24 July 1930 - died 18 August 1952) - Killed in the Korean War.
William Lundon (born 1839 - died 24 March 1909) - Irish Parliamentary Party M.P. for East Limerick.
Major-General Liam Hayes (born 28 July 1892 - died 10 February 1959)  Kilteely IRA, volunteer and injured in the Dromkeen Ambush which took place on 3 Feb 1921 and Sinn Fein (pro-treaty ) TD  Limerick 1921-23 and father of international showjumper Seamus Hayes (born 1924 – died 1989).

Transport
Dromkeen railway station opened on 2 February 1851, closed for goods traffic on 9 September 1963, and finally closed altogether on 6 September 1976.

See also
 List of towns and villages in Ireland

References
Wikimapia
Google maps

Parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly