Thule³

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:

Historical

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

Places

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

Societies

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

Music

• Chris Thile, an American musician
• 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 (Norwegian band), a Norwegian progressive rock band.
• Thule (Ostara album), an album by the band Ostara (band).
• 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 (American band), an American Jazz Fusion band.
• Ultima Thule (Estonian band), an Estonian rock group.
• Ultima Thule (Swedish band), a Swedish rock group.
• Ultima Thule Ambient Music, a longrunning Australian radio show.

Literature

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

Astronomy

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

Business

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

Other uses

• Ultima Thule, any geographical place beyond known maps (see Thule).
• Thule, a fictional planet from the Star Wars universe
• Ultima Thule, a fictional planet in the Space: 1999 television series (episode "Death's Other Dominion")
• Thule (beer), a brand of Icelandic beer.
• Thule (glassware), a series of glassware designed by Tapio Wirkkala

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