Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence...
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Belgium, and Italy. It shares many characteristics with Nordic folklore and English folklore due to their origins in a common Germanic mythology. It reflects...
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Norse mythology (redirect from Nordic mythology)
Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology...
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tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish: [ˈtontːu]) is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing...
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Lung created the story series The Monsters, which was influenced by Nordic folklore and mythology that he enjoyed during his childhood. This tribe includes...
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released on 30 May 2008 through Napalm Records. The album is based on Nordic folklore. The final track is a new version of the song "Hail to the Hammer"...
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List of nature deities (section Nordic folklore)
In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather. These deities can also govern natural...
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Scandinavian pre-history Nordic folklore Nordic mythology Nordic paganism Nordic race, a race group Nordic theory or Nordicism, the belief that Northern Europeans...
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Elizabeth; Sehmsdorf, Henning K.; Kvideland, Reimund (eds.). Nordic folklore: recent studies. Folklore studies in translation, 99-0588351-7. Bloomington, Ind...
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Troll (category Scandinavian folklore)
A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains...
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Church grim (category English folklore)
The church grim is a guardian spirit in English and Nordic folklore that oversees the welfare of a particular Christian church, and protects the churchyard...
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(disambiguation) Vett (disambiguation) Vættir or vetter, creatures in Nordic folklore This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vette...
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Baltoscandia Fennoscandia Kvenland Sápmi Nordic countries Nordic cross flag Nordic Council Nordic folklore Scandinavian colonialism Scandinavian family...
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Mistletoe', in News from Other Worlds/Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum: Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow, ed. by Merrill Kaplan...
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humanoid, and often shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore. Under a variety of names, they are common to the stories of all Germanic...
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Nordiska Väsen, was published in 2013, and describes creatures from Nordic folklore. He has subsequently released other books, including Nordiska gudar...
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sees her as "Scandinavia's newest dark pop prodigy" with her love for Nordic folklore, similar to Björk's interest of Icelandic mountains and countrysides...
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Bramble: The Mountain King (category Nixies (folklore))
"Bramble: The Mountain King is an upcoming horror game inspired by Nordic folklore". Unreal Engine. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2023-06-19. Chatziioannou, Alexander...
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Ármann (2005). "The Hole: Problems in Medieval Dwarfology". Arv - Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. 61: 53–76. Johnson, William G.; Houtman, Marcia K. (1986). "Platonic...
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world resembling a late 20th century Norse. They draw inspiration from Nordic folklore and the Moomins. The titular character is a small girl, who in the...
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Kvideland, Reimund; Sehmsdorf, Henning K.; Simpson, Elizabeth (eds.). Nordic Folklore: Recent Studies. Bloomington: Indiana UP. pp. 110–28. ISBN 9780253205216...
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mythology Toell the Great - Estonian mythology Trolls - Nordic folklore Uriaș - Romanian folklore Ysbaddaden - Welsh mythology A Book of Giants Ruth Manning-Sanders...
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Lindworm (category Northumbrian folklore)
countries and the stories in which they appear. In Nordic folklore, specifically Swedish folklore, lindworms traditionally appear as giant forest serpents...
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Icelandic Ásatrúarfélagið describes Ásatrú as "Nordic pantheism" involving "belief in the Icelandic/Nordic folklore" including all the "spirits and entities"...
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Greek, and in their clothing and folktales which adopted more Nordic elements. The folklore of the people of England continued to be passed down through...
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The term is chiefly used with regard to elves and fairies in European folklore, and in modern English is rarely used in reference to spirits. The belief...
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Aldebaran represent hunters, dogs and a wounded bear respectively. Nordic folklore and literature have also featured polar bears. In The Tale of Auðun...
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small rice pot found by "pot hunters" as evidence of that practice. In Nordic folklore, the ättestupa is a cliff where elderly people were said to leap, or...
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Reginnaglar ', in News from Other Worlds/Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum: Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow, ed. by Merrill Kaplan...
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Saint Olaf (section Folklore)
'Reginnaglar', in News from Other Worlds/Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum: Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow, ed. by Merrill Kaplan...
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