In Norse mythology, a fylgja (Old Norse: [ˈfylɡjɑ], plural fylgjur [ˈfylɡjuz̠]) is a supernatural being or spirit which accompanies a person in connection...
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Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and the fylgja. Luck may be transferred to a descendant of the owner, or to a member of...
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idea of the fylgja and these are relevant to understanding Irish tradition because of the importance of the Vikings in Ireland. The fylgja, which in Norse...
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the concept is known as etiäinen. Originally, vardøger was considered a fylgja, a sort of guardian spirit. Thus, a vardöger is the representation of a...
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raven symbolism among the Germanic peoples, and the Norse concepts of the fylgja and the hamingja. "Huginn" and "Muninn" are the names for the missions of...
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"Freki" Seiler Silvester "Fenrier" Grundmann Zasch "Hati" Jaqueline Toth "Fylgja" Past members Timo "Managarm" Basti "Draugr" Thomas "Skoll" Winkelmann Sebastian...
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a distinction that blurred in time. Anito Anthelioi Eudaimon Fravashi Fylgja Hyang Kami Koalemos Moral imperative Shoulder angel Unclean spirit Xian...
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Hugr (inner self), fetch (the soul that reincarnates into a new body), fylgja (fortune), and hamingja (luck), which are considered as the multiple souls...
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Aumakua Charge (heraldry) Devak, a type of family totem in Maratha culture Fylgja Huabiao Jangseung Little Arpad Moe anthropomorphism Religious symbolism...
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"Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, etc." or to a lesser extent, the guardian angel. Fylgja Hamingja Landdisir Landvættir Vættir In Hinduism, personal tutelary deities...
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the picture places a swan-like bird, perhaps interpretable as the hero's fylgja (a protecting spirit, and shapeshifter). Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein...
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Christian Germanic peoples, though today can be planted from anywhere. Fylgja Hamingja Huginn and Muninn Luonto (Finnish paganism) Fravashi Guardian spirit...
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Agathodaemon Aku-aku Anima and animus Daemon (classical mythology) Familiar spirit Fylgja Nagual Tonal (mythology) Totem Robert Butler (3 December 2007). "An Interview...
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but his wife disagreed, explaining that a mare signified a man's fetch (fylgja), and that the red color boded bloodiness. This association of the nightmare...
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Futakuchi-onna (Japanese) – Woman with a second mouth on the back of her head Fylgja (Scandinavian) – Animal familiar A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T...
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"ríki" Þórðarson ("the Rich", b. 1771) is associated with a ghost story (fylgja tale) of Móhúsa-Skotta (Skotta of Peathouse"), also recorded by Jón Árnason...
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gentur við sær og lovar teimum gleði og gaman í síni høll, um tær vilja fylgja honum eftir. Men fáa tær illgruna um, hvør hann er, sum tær eru við at geva...
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Því at hánum fylgja fimm ambáttir, átta þjónar, eðlum góðir, fóstrman mitt ok faðerni, þat er Buðli gaf barni sínu. Bond-women five shall follow him, And...
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cases, stayed among the living as a ghost; much like the Norse concept of Fylgja (follower). In some traditions, it was a habit to pause at a half-way point...
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þegar erindinu var lokið, ráðherra búinn að standa upp úr sæti sínu og fylgja gestunum til dyra, — datt ein hin ferlegasta þruma niður í miðborg Reykjavíkur...
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chronological periods in Old Norse. There is no clear distinction between norns, fylgjas, hamingjas, and valkyries, nor with the generic term dísir. Moreover, artistic...
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able to shapeshift are described as Old Norse: hamrammr ('shape strong') Fylgja – a companion external to the body that often takes on the form of a woman...
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Gallagher published in 1984. Follower is a novel in which an ancient demonic fylgja stalks the Teamverk survey members at working at the Tromstad mine. Colin...
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kennings the generic dísir appears instead of the more specific labels norns, fylgjas, and valkyries. The eddic poem Hamðismál deals with how Hamðir and Sörli...
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bjartar) þars (svaltungur sungu) saman fórum vér, stórar ; elds, munk eigi fylgja út, hríðboði, síðan, hests, at hverjum kosti, hranna, dýrra manni. Krýpk...
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trölls ("gigantic dead"), landvaettir ("tutelary deities of places"), disir, fylgja ("female figure following or accompanying each human being and embodies...
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Productions & G.O.L.D.)(King Kong EP-series 2, 1992) Smash Overdose (Split with Fylgja) (2008) Homy Hogs wanna destroy (1987) Demolition Beat/I wanna destroy (1988)...
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a vowel that remained in Old Norse (except after k, g or a vowel, as in fylgja "to follow"), but betrays its former presence by i-umlauting the stem syllable...
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gull-búinn). German tr. also has ein reich mit Gold verziertes Schwert". sem með fylgja has the sense "to belong with"; German zu dem Übringen gehören. According...
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come, for "this horse is called Marr, and marr is the guardian spirit (fylgja) of a man". Thokell Silfri dies shortly afterwards. In the Sturlungar saga...
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