...ng with roots in ancient Germanic superstition, and closely related to the Scandinavian ''[[mara]]''. According to folklore, the Old Hag sat on a sleeper's chest a
In [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the under
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[[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]
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...ng with roots in ancient Germanic superstition, and closely related to the Scandinavian ''mara''.
In Irish and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the under
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...Meritursas, Tursas, Turisas''') is a malevolent sea monster in the Finnish mythology.
...diseases with Loviatar, the blind daughter of Tuoni, the god of death. The Scandinavian giants thurs had the ability to shoot arrows which caused diseases in peopl
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In Scandinavian folklore, the '''huldra''' is a seductive forest creature. Other names incl
[[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]
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...are the Swedish ''Strömkarlen'' and the Norwegian ''Fossegrim''. Since the Scandinavian version can transform himself into a horse-like kelpie, he is also called '
''THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY'' (1850)
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In [[Norse mythology]], the '''[[duergar]]''' are highly significant entities associated with st
...[[troll]]s (compare also with ''[[vetter]]'', a class of beings from later Scandinavian folklore).
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[[Category: Scandinavian mythology]]
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...inavian mythology|Scandinavian mythology]] are said to be afraid of steel, Scandinavian parents often placed a steel item such as a pair of scissors or a knife on
[[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]
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...term for any number of [[legendary creature]]s that frequently appear in [[mythology]], [[legend]], and [[horror fiction]]. The word originates from the Old Fre
===Religion and mythology===
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In [[Slavic mythology]], a '''rusalka''' was a female ghost, water nymph, [[succubus]] or [[merma
...re with the [[Irish mythology|Irish]] [[banshee]]). She corresponds to the Scandinavian and ethnic German [[Nix]].
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Titans''' (Greek Τιτάν, plural Τιτάνες) were a race o
...the wars of the [[Æsir]] with the [[Vanir]] and [[Jotun]]s in Scandinavian mythology, the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, the Hittite "Kingship in Heaven" narrativ
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...'dusioi'', most commonly in Latin as ''dusii''. The word may be related to Scandinavian ''Tusse'', fairy. More likely, it is related to a semantic field of Indo-Eu
[[Category: Celtic mythology]]
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...istian context: examples of such [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christian mythology]] are the themes woven round [[Saint George]] or [[Saint Christopher]]. In
**[[Mythology|Myth]]
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...arious forms in Ireland, Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavian countries, the United States of America and Cananada
...k Dogs and the folklore surrounding them is full of tales and stories, but mythology offers a different perspective to them viewing dogs not only as men’s com
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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree
...l.) (1916). ''The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson''. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. ''Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/prose/index
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...or draugen (Norwegian meaning the draug) is a corporeal undead from Norse mythology. Draugar were believed to live in the graves of dead Vikings, being the bod
In Scandinavian folklore, the creature is said to possess a distinctly human form said to b
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*'''Draugrs''', from '''Norse mythology'''
...lings]], incarnations of the souls of unbaptized or murdered children from Scandinavian folklore
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===Norse/Germanic mythology===
In [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]], '''Svartálfar''' ("Swartelves" or "[[black elves]]"), sometimes conside
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...ny connection with the mythical beings. Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology, ''troll'' can signify any uncanny being, including but not restricted to t
...k'' in Norway and ''vitterfolk'' in northern Sweden (see wight). The south-Scandinavian term probably originate in a generalization of the terms ''haugtrold'' (mou
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