Alruna
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Old Norse Alruna (Ölrún, Old High German Ailrun, Modern German Alruna, Alraune is a Germanic female personal name, from Proto Germanic *aliruna, from ali- "strange" (or alternatively, "birthing", "begetting") and runa "secret", rune. In German, Alruna was also used as a short form of Adelruna, a different name with a first element *athal- "noble".
In Germanic mythology, Ailrun is the wife of Agilaz, the legendary archer. In the Völundarkviða, she is identified as a valkyrie, and as a daughter of Kiár of Valland.
Alruna of Cham was an 11th century Bavarian recluse, the Roman Catholic patroness of pregnancy.
In German, Alraune is also a name for the Mandragora or mandrake plant.
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