Golden compass

The alethiometer, nicknamed the symbol-reader, was a clock-like device that was used to communicate with Dust and find truthful answers to one's questions. Only six alethiometers were ever made.[1] The name of the object comes from the Greek aletheia (truth) and meter (measure). The alethiometer was invented by Pavel Khunrath in Prague in the 17th century. It was intended to be used for astrological purposes, such as measuring the influences of the planets.[2] The experimental theologian…

Life alignment (golden compass, alethiometer)

Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass (2007)

The Golden Compass, 20th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials) by Pullman, Philip - ISBN 10: 1101934662 - ISBN 13: 9781101934661 - Knopf Books for Young Readers - 2015 - Hardcover

Iorek Byrnison is the deuteragonist of the book trilogy His Dark Materials. He is a panserbjørn (species of giant polar bear) and the rightful king of Svalbard as well as a great comrade to both Lyra Silvertongue and Lee Scoresby. In the 2007 film adaptation, he was voiced by Ian McKellen, who also played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Zebedee in The Magic Roundabout, Cogsworth in the 2017 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and Older Magneto in the X-Men movies…