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It has clearly been far too long since I spent quality time with the periodic table of the elements. I really hadn't noticed these names as such before.


Four elements memorializing the North:

Thulium Tm 69 (for Ultima Thule)
Scandium Sc 21 (for Scandinavia)
Hafnium Hf 72 (for Kaupmannahafn, that is, Hafnia or Copenhagen)
Holmium Ho 67 (for Stockholm)


Four more elements all named after the town of Ytterby in Sweden:

Erbium Er 68
Terbium Tb 65
Yttrium Y 36
Ytterbium Yb 70


Two for Old Norse dieties:

Thorium Th 90 (for Þórr, of course)
Vanadium V 23 (for Vanadís, a name of Freyja)


Several for Greco-Roman figures beyond the very obvious Mercury, Helios, etc.:

Niobium Nb 41 (for Niobe)
Tantalum Ta 73 (for Tantalus, her father)
Titanium Ti 22 (for Titan)
Cerium Ce 59 (for Ceres, by way of the asteroid)
Palladium Pd 46 (for Pallas, also by way of the asteroid)