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
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In Norse mythology, '''Sjövættir''' (sea spirits) are guardians of the specific waters.
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In Norse mythology, '''Tanngrisnir''' (''one who has sparse teeth'') and '''Tanngnjóstr''' ('
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In Norse mythology, a '''Brunnmigi''' (Old Norse ''pees in a well'') is a monstrous spirit infamous for defiling wells, ofte
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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.
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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
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In Norse mythology, '''Suttung''' is a giant, son of [[Gilling]] and brother of [[Baugi]]. Tog
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...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
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==List by mythology==
===[[Aztec mythology]]===
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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
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'''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.]]
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The '''haugbui''' or '''Aptrgangr''' is a fierce monster from Norse mythology.
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*[[Norse Wild Hunt]];
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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
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'''Garmr''' or '''Garm''' is a dog in [[Norse mythology]] sometimes seen as a [[hellhound]], comparable to [[Cerberus]].
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'''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
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...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
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...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
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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
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In [[Norse mythology]], the '''[[duergar]]''' are highly significant entities associated with st
''Dvergar'' (sing. ''dvergr'') means ''dwarves'' in Old Norse.
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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
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...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.]]
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*When Norse seafarers approached land, they reportedly removed their carved dragon head
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...e English derived the name Jack Frost from the [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse]] character names, Jokul ("icicle") and Frosti ("frost"). Another theory is
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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Fáfnir''' or '''Frænir''' was a son of the dwarf king [[Hreidmar]]
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In Norse mythology, '''Surtr''' (modern Icelandic '''Surtur''', sometimes Anglicized Surt) is
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In Norse mythology, '''Baugi''' is a giant, the son of Gilling and the brother of [[Suttung]].
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===Mythology and Folklore===
*[[Odin]]’s name derived from the Old Norse Mythology ''Odhr''' which means ''Fury, ecstasy, inspiration'', ''Woden'' is similarl
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Ettin is related to the word [[Jotun]] from Norse mythology.
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[[Norse Wild Hunt]]
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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
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*[[Norse Wild Hunt]]
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It is clear that Falak is related to the Norse [[Jormungand]] which denote common proto-Aryan roots.
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In Norse mythology, '''Fenrir''' or '''Fenrisulfr''' is a monstrous wolf, the son of ''' [[Lok
*Fenris (not found in the Old Norse sources)
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...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.
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==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
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*[[Norse Wild Hunt]];
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In Brythonic mythology, '''Cwn Annwn''' are the hounds of [[Annwn]].
*[[Norse Wild Hunt]]
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...nd were. The word is a cognate with Dutch ''wicht'', German ''Wicht'', Old Norse ''vættir'' and Swedish ''vätte''. Modern German ''Wicht'' means "small pe
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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
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...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
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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.
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*[[Norse Wild Hunt]];
...tegory:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:Scottish mythology]] [[Category:Irish mythology]] [[Category:Ghosts]]
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...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===
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In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva
===[[Akkadian mythology]]===
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Also Norse mythology contains examples of [[necromancy]]: Odin summons a seeress from the dead t
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...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]]
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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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'''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.
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The old Norse "utburd" means "that which is taken outside," and this refers to the tradit
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