The '''kelpie''' is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland.
...ar creature was called the ''Shoopiltee''. It also appears in Scandinavian folklore where it is known by the name '''Bäckahästen''', the ''brook horse''.
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*'''[[Hopping corpse]]s''', of '''Chinese folklore'''
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The '''Black Dog''' is a creature in British [[folklore]]. They are described as being the size of a calf, moving in silence except
...arious forms in Ireland, Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavian countries, the United States of America and Cananada
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In Scandinavian folklore, the '''huldra''' is a seductive forest creature. Other names include the S
[[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 '
Nixes in folklore became water sprites who try to lure people into the water. . The Nixes are
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The serpent in Norway's Seljord lake has fueled local folklore for centuries, not unlike Scotland's fabled Loch Ness monster. And like tho
[[Category: Scandinavian mythology]]
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...ompare also with ''[[vetter]]'', a class of beings from later Scandinavian folklore).
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In European folklore and, a '''changeling''' is the offspring of a fairy, [[troll]], [[elf]] or
...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
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Norwegian folklore records a number of different draug-types. In older literature one will fin
...d only attacked those that trespassed upon their territory. In more recent folklore, the draug is often identified with the spirits of mariners drowned at sea.
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'''Melusine''' (or '''Melusina''') is a figure of European [[legend]]s and [[folklore]], a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers.
Melusine is sometimes used as a heraldic figure, typically in German and Scandinavian Coats of arms, where she supports one scaly tail in each arm. She may appea
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...hat they are related to the '''[[Trowe]]''' and '''[[Drow]]''' of Scottish folklore, if not direct precursors.
===British Isles folklore===
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...that is not a definite. A frequent way of telling a human-looking troll in folklore is instead to look at what it is wearing: Troll women in particular were of
...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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...earance of beings etymologically related to ''álfar'' in earlier and later folklore strongly suggests that the belief in elves was common among all the Germani
...r "black-elves" (''svartálfar''); but whether this reflects wider medieval Scandinavian belief is uncertain.<ref>Hall 2004, pp. 31-35</ref> He referred to other el
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The '''Púca''' is a fairy creature of Celtic folklore, notably in Ireland and Wales. The Púca is considered by many to be the mo
From the Old Irish ''poc'', 'a male goat'. Another plausible origin is the Scandinavian ''pook'' or ''puke'', meaning 'nature spirit'. In Ireland, small mountain l
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...idh''/''gruagach'' (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around Scotland and England (especially the north).
The brownie is the British counterpart of the English [[Boggart]], the Scandinavian [[tomte]], the Russian [[domovoi]] or the German [[Heinzelmännchen]]. Thei
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...gends, based upon a number of similarities between the condition and the [[folklore]]. Porphyria cutanea tarda presents clinically as a pathological sensitivit
The Scandinavian source of porphyria has been traced to Laplanders. The languages of Finlan
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The '''Kraken''' is an enormous [[sea monster]] in Norwegian sea [[folklore]], which would sometimes attack ships and feed upon the sailors. It was sai
...gren, 1980). Kraken were always distinct from sea serpents, also common in Scandinavian lore (Jörmungandr for instance). A representative early description is giv
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...hain of islands. Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway.
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