Editing Nodens (section)

=== Paolini ===

In [[Christopher Paolini]]'s ''[[Eragon]]'', 'Argetlam' (lit: silver hand) is another name for the ''gedwëy ignasia'' (lit: "shining palm" in the fictional 'Ancient Language' made by Paolini for the series. It is adapted from the Irish word ''Airgetlam''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bergman |first=Jenni |title=The Significant Other: a Literary History of Elves |date=2011 |publisher=Cardiff University (PhD Thesis) |page=201 |url=https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/55478/1/U516593.pdf |quote=Though many of Paolini’s names of persons and places are Tolkienian, he does make reference to other traditions relating to elves. Eragon is sometimes addressed by the name Argetlam, said to be ‘an elven word that was used to refer to the Riders. It means “silver hand”.’ The word is an adaptation of the Irish Airgetlam with the same meaning, used as an attribute of Nuadha, king of the Tuatha De Danann.}} citing {{cite dictionary |last=MacKillop |first=James |title=Dictionary of Celtic Mythology |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |entry=Nuada Airgetlam}}</ref>