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A '''fetch''' is also the anglo saxon word for the Old Norse Fylgia. According to Norse mythology, when humanity was created, the fate Urd gives every human a being called F

In Norse mythology, '''Sjövættir''' (sea spirits) are guardians of the specific waters. [[Category: Norse mythology]]

In Norse mythology, '''Tanngrisnir''' (''one who has sparse teeth'') and '''Tanngnjóstr''' (' [[Category: Norse mythology]]

In Norse mythology, a '''Brunnmigi''' (Old Norse ''pees in a well'') is a monstrous spirit infamous for defiling wells, ofte [[Category: Norse mythology]]

Jormungandr was a large underwater dwelling monster of Norse Mythology and is the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. ...es but his arch enemey is the the god Thor as he battle him in many of the Norse sagas.

The main role of the fire giants in Norse mythology is to wreak the final destruction of the world by setting fire to the world [[Category: Norse mythology]]

In Norse mythology, '''Suttung''' is a giant, son of [[Gilling]] and brother of [[Baugi]]. Tog [[Category:Norse mythology]]

...uðumla''', '''Auðhumbla''' or '''Auðhumla''') is the primeval cow of Norse mythology. She is described in the ''Gylfaginning'' part of Snorri Sturluson's (Edda) ...ury, drew a parallel between the Norse [[creation myth]]s and Zoroastrian mythology that sports a primeval ox which is variously said to be male or female and

==List by mythology== ===[[Aztec mythology]]===

In Norse mythology, the '''Svartálfar''' ("black elves") or '''Dökkálfar''' ("Dark elves") Svartálfar derives from Old Norse "vættir" meaning wights. Svartálfar acquired their name because they were

'''Ægir''' is a giant and a king of the sea in Norse mythology. [[Image:Daugthers of Ægir and Rán.jpg|thumb|250px|In Norse Mythology, Ægir and his daughters brew ale in a large pot.]]

The '''haugbui''' or '''Aptrgangr''' is a fierce monster from Norse mythology. [[Category: Norse mythology]]

*[[Norse Wild Hunt]]; [[Category:Celtic mythology]]

In [[:Category:Celtic mythology]] '''Taranis''' was the god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain and m ...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y

'''Garmr''' or '''Garm''' is a dog in [[Norse mythology]] sometimes seen as a [[hellhound]], comparable to [[Cerberus]]. * Orchard, Andy. 2002. ''Cassell's dictionary of Norse myth & legend''. London: Cassell. First published: 1997. ISBN 0-304-36385-5

'''Jörmungandr''' is a [[sea serpent]] of the [[Norse mythology]], the middle child of [[Loki]] and the giantess [[Angrboda|Angrboða]]. Jörmungandr is also sometimes referred to as the '''Midgard Serpent''' (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr) or the '''World Serpent'''. His name is sometimes angliciz

...as '''Hugin''' and '''Munin'''), are a pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin. ...in Norse art suggests an important and unrecorded role of the two birds in mythology, possibly as Odin's assistants as well as scouts. This is suggested by an i

...is a term that loosely describe mythical beings and nature spirits in the Norse religion. These creatures divide up into 'families', including the Álfar ( The Old Norse term vættir and its English cognate ''wights'' literally mean 'beings' and

The '''Norse Wild Hunt''' was led by [[Odin]] and as for the general concept of [[Wild H [[Odin]]’s name derived from the Old Norse Mythology ''Odhr''' which means ''Fury, ecstasy, inspiration'', ''Woden'' is similarl

In [[Norse mythology]], the '''[[duergar]]''' are highly significant entities associated with st ''Dvergar'' (sing. ''dvergr'') means ''dwarves'' in Old Norse.

In Norse mythology, '''Sleipnir''' is Odin's magical eight-legged steed, and the greatest of a According to Norse mythology, the wall that enclosed Asgard was destroyed during a war between the Vanir

...ly mingled with or were even married to these, both Æsir and Vanir. In Old Norse, they were called jötnar (sing. jötunn), or risar (sing. risi), in partic ...Freyja in Arthur Rackham's illustration to Richard Wagner's version of the Norse myths.]]

*When Norse seafarers approached land, they reportedly removed their carved dragon head [[Category: Norse mythology]]

...e English derived the name Jack Frost from the [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse]] character names, Jokul ("icicle") and Frosti ("frost"). Another theory is [[Category:Norse mythology]]

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Fáfnir''' or '''Frænir''' was a son of the dwarf king [[Hreidmar]] [[Category:Norse mythology]]

In Norse mythology, '''Surtr''' (modern Icelandic '''Surtur''', sometimes Anglicized Surt) is [[Category:Norse mythology]]

In Norse mythology, '''Baugi''' is a giant, the son of Gilling and the brother of [[Suttung]]. [[Category:Norse mythology]]

===Mythology and Folklore=== *[[Odin]]’s name derived from the Old Norse Mythology ''Odhr''' which means ''Fury, ecstasy, inspiration'', ''Woden'' is similarl

Ettin is related to the word [[Jotun]] from Norse mythology. [[Category:English mythology]]

[[Norse Wild Hunt]] [[Category: Scandinavian mythology]]

In Germanic mythology, a '''dwarf''' is a fairy being that dwells in mountains and in the earth, Old English ''dweorg'', Old Norse ''dvergr'', Old High German ''zwerc'' and ''gitwerc''. Competing etymologie

*[[Norse Wild Hunt]] [[Category:English mythology]]

It is clear that Falak is related to the Norse [[Jormungand]] which denote common proto-Aryan roots. [[Category:Islamic mythology]]

In Norse mythology, '''Fenrir''' or '''Fenrisulfr''' is a monstrous wolf, the son of ''' [[Lok *Fenris (not found in the Old Norse sources)

...heir female counterparts, the more commonly known [[mermaid]]s. In [[Greek mythology]], mermen were often illustrated to have green seaweed-like hair, a beard, ...ning great storms, but also said to be wise teachers, according to earlier mythology.

==In Latvian mythology== ...y were hailed as the trinity of faith goddesses that was comparable to the Norse Norns or the Greek Moirae. Among the three, Laima is the most popular becau

*[[Norse Wild Hunt]]; [[Category:Category:English mythology]] [[Category:Psychopomps]] [[Category:Animal]]

In Brythonic mythology, '''Cwn Annwn''' are the hounds of [[Annwn]]. *[[Norse Wild Hunt]]

...nd were. The word is a cognate with Dutch ''wicht'', German ''Wicht'', Old Norse ''vættir'' and Swedish ''vätte''. Modern German ''Wicht'' means "small pe [[Category:English mythology]]

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree, [[Yggdrasill]]; threatening to In the standardized Old Norse orthography the name is spelled ''Níðhǫggr'' or ''Niðhǫggr'' but the l

...tree located at the center of the universe and joining the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. ...acquire knowledge of the runes. The gallows are sometimes described in Old Norse poetry as the "horse of the hanged." In the case of "terrible steed", the a

In Roman mythology, '''Orcus''' was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. ...god who tormented evildoers in the afterlife. Like the name Hades (or the Norse Hel, for that matter), "Orcus" could also mean the land of the dead.

*[[Norse Wild Hunt]]; ...tegory:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:Scottish mythology]] [[Category:Irish mythology]] [[Category:Ghosts]]

...he abode of the ''Álfar'' '[[Elves]]' in [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]] and appears also in northern English ballads under the forms '''Elfhame'' ===In Old Norse texts===

In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva ===[[Akkadian mythology]]===

Also Norse mythology contains examples of [[necromancy]]: Odin summons a seeress from the dead t

...ifferent figures. In some versions, a vârcolac is a wolf [[demon]]. As the Norse [[Fenris]], a varcolac may swallow the moon and the sun; it's thus responsi [[Category:Romanian mythology]] [[Category:Vampires]] [[Category:Shapeshifters]] [[Category:Werewolves]]

...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===

'''Loki Laufeyjarson''' is the god of mischief in [[Norse mythology]], a son of the [[Jotun|giants]] [[Fárbauti]] and [[Laufey]], and foster-b .... In any case, the figure of Loki was probably not a late invention of the Norse poets but was rather descended from a common Indo-European prototype.

The old Norse "utburd" means "that which is taken outside," and this refers to the tradit [[Category: Scandinavian mythology]]

...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology. ...nd they are frequently in conflict with the gods, be they Olympian gods or Norse. There are also historical stories featuring giants in the Old Testament, p

*G. Henderson, ''The Norse Influence in Celtic Scotland''. [[Category:Scottish mythology]]

...ings perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end (See Phoenix (mythology)). It can also represent the idea of primordial unity. The Jungian psycholo ===Norse mythology===

*[[Adramelech]] ([[Assyrian]] mythology) *[[Af]] ([[Jewish mythology]])

*[[Norse Wild Hunt]]; [[Category:Celtic mythology]]

...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 ...is speculated that this belief began in Denmark and spread through out the Norse culture. The belief was founded on the idea that the dead only enter throug

==Comparative mythology== ...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.

In Norse mythology the '''valkyries''' are dísir, minor female deities, who are described as From Old Norse ''Valkyrja'' lit. "Choosers of the Slain".

...welt in a number of places in Wales as genii loci similar to Greek nymphs, Norse norns or Irish sidhe. Such places included the lake Llyn y Fan Fach. Tylwyt *MacKillop, James (1998). ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 368. ISBN 0192801201.

===Norse/Germanic mythology=== In [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]], '''Svartálfar''' ("Swartelves" or "[[black elves]]"), sometimes conside

In Greek mythology, '''Scylla''', or '''Skylla''' (Greek Σκύλλα) is a horribly grotesque ...r features to the [[kraken]] in Norse mythology and [[lusca]] in Caribbean mythology.

...and it is not even clear whether its origin is Germanic languages (cf. Old Norse ''puki,'') or Celtic languages (Welsh ''pwca'' and Irish púca ). Puck's trademark laugh in the early ballads is "Ho ho ho." In modern mythology, the "merry old elf" who works with magical swiftness unseen in the night,

...ightmare'' is not a female horse, but a '''mara''', an Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse term for a demon that sat on sleepers' chests, causing them bad dreams. ===Norse Lore===

The modern Scandinavian names are derived from an Old Norse ''nykr'', meaning ''river horse''. Thus, likely the brook horse preceded th [[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]

An '''elf''' (pl. ''elves'') is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertili ...ively, a connection to the ''[[Rbhus]]'', semi-divine craftsmen in Indian mythology, has also been suggested. Originally ''ælf''/''elf'' and it's plural ''æl

...e skin-walker is known mainly from Navajo folklore, analogies exist in the mythology of other tribes, including the Mohawk, Hopi, and Aztecs. The Yaqui have a s ==Norse beliefs==

...k δαιμόνιον (daimonion), "demon", in the New Testament, was related to Old Norse ''skōgr'' and Old English ''sceaga'', both meaning "forest", and therefore [[Category: Germanic mythology]]

...is, while the tales of [[Odin]] the Wanderer have a religious value to the Norse who composed the stories, because it does not fit into a Christian configur **[[Mythology|Myth]]

...u''' was the first living being and the creator of the universe in Chinese mythology. ...e four corners of the world, -- which is a Chinese version not only of the Norse myth of the Giant Ymir, but also of the Babylonian story of Tiamat.

* [[Coinchenn]], from whose bone the [[Gae Bulg]] is made in [[Celtic mythology]] * [[Jörmungandr]], the Norse Midgard Serpent.

...is never clearly explained in the accounts. The [[Wild Hunt]] was alien to Norse tradition and was imported from southern Germanic traditions. Inferably, Od [[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]

*'''Draugrs''', from '''Norse mythology'''

...or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interp ...falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. The field of mythology does not use this definition.

...which displays both human and animal characteristics, either as a part of mythology or as a [[spirituality|spiritual]] concept. The word is derived from Greek In [[folklore]], mythology and [[anthropology]], therianthropy can be used to describe a character tha

...of the word ''troll'' appears to have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented. This can be seen in terms such as ''sjötrollet' ...st tradition, the troll is large, brutish and a direct descendant from the Norse ''jötnar''. They are often described as ugly or having beastly features li

...ith other Scandinavian wights such as the Swedish ''vättar'' (from the Old Norse "landvættir") or the Norwegian ''tusser''. These beings are social, howeve [[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]

Although the name ''kraken'' never appears in the Norse sagas, there are similar sea monsters, the ''hafgufa'' and ''lyngbakr'', bo ...Mythology'' the Kraken is an aquatic myth unit that can be summoned by the Norse civilization.

A '''werewolf''' (Or '''Lycanthrope''') in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] is a person who [[Therianthropy|shapeshifts]] into a wolf, either purpose ...manic languages including Gothic ''wair'', Old High German ''wer'' and Old Norse ''var''.

[[Norse mythology]] also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie, 2004:48), such as the sce

*In Roman mythology, [[Aeneas]] lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes. A similar dog, '"Garm'", is guarding the house of deaths in the Norse mythology. These monsters were all probably inspired from the dogs that haunted the b

..., and wandered around graveyards at night. The "draugr" of medieval Norse mythology were also believed to be the corpses of warriors returned from the dead to [[Category:Caribbean mythology]] [[Category:Corporeal undead]] [[Category:Humanoid]]

...aelic orc (a Goidelic form of Proto-Indo-European *porkos "young pig") and Norse ørkn meaning "seal" .

==Mythology== *In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr, or "Midgårdsormen" was a sea serpent so long that it encirc

...ath personified''' is a figure or fictional character which has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. Because the re *[[Loki]] (Norse)

...eralding death or serious illness of the doppelganger's original. In Norse mythology, a vardøgr is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen pe ...ints in his life, so it could be seen as a doppelganger of sorts, owing to mythology in which such can take on the form of non-human animals.

...y Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein]]'' and the alchemical homunculus. In Norse mythology, Mökkurkálfi (or Mistcalfa) was a clay giant, built to help the [[troll]] ...golems carries clay tablets on his arm and in his head, alluding to Jewish mythology.

...ch originally meant "to cover". "Hel" later referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld, Hel. Compare [[Anglo-Saxon language |Anglo-Saxon]] ''helan'', G Hell appears in several [[mythology|mythologies]] and [[religion]]s in different guises, and is commonly inhabi

In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the '''phoenix''' is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun- Greek mythology places the phoenix in Arabia, where it lives close to a cool well. Every mo

...al wolf that could devour the sun and moon (similar to [[Fenris]] in Norse mythology), and later became connected with werewolves rather than vampires. The pers *In Aztec mythology, the [[Civatateo]] was a sort of vampire, created when a noblewoman died in