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This book described mimics as "subterranean creatures which cannot stand the light of the sun. They are able to perfectly mimic stone or wood." [2] According to the book, mimics thus pose as items such as stonework, doors, or chests; when a character or creature touches the disguised mimic, the mimic can lash out with a bludgeoning pseudopod. A ...
A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". [ 1 ] In Norwegian folklore , she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual).
Minsc / ˈ m ɪ n s k / is a fictional character in the Baldur's Gate series of Dungeons & Dragons role-playing video games developed by BioWare and Larian Studios.He originated from the pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons sessions held by the lead designer of Baldur's Gate, James Ohlen, and was expanded upon by the game's lead writer, Lukas Kristjanson.
A Skogsrå meeting a man, as portrayed by artist Per Daniel Holm in the 1882 book Svenska folksägner. The Skogsrå (Swedish: skogsrået [ˈskʊ̂ksˌroːɛt] ⓘ; lit. ' the Forest Rå '), Skogsfrun ('the Mistress of the Forest'), Skogssnuvan, Skogsnymfen ('the Forest Nymph'), Råndan ('the Rå') or Huldran, is a mythical female creature (or rå) of the forest in Swedish folklore.
Mimic, a synonym for impressionist, a performer who imitates a person for amusing or satirical effect Mimic, a move in the Pokémon video games The Mimic, the main antagonist in the Ruin extension of the video game Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach and title of the derivative third short story in Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the ...
An illustration of Lífþrasir and Líf (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. In Norse mythology, Líf (identical with the Old Norse noun meaning "life, the life of the body") [1] and Lífþrasir (Old Norse masculine name from líf and þrasir and defined by Lexicon Poëticum as "Livæ amator, vitæ amans, vitæ cupidus" "Líf's lover, lover of life, zest for life"), [2] sometimes anglicized as Lif and ...
[2] [5] And Vanlande, in a fatal hour, Was dragg'd by Grimhild's daughter's power, The witch-wife's, to the dwelling-place Where men meet Odin face to face. Trampled to death, to Skytaa's shore The corpse his faithful followers bore; And there they burnt, with heavy hearts, The good chief killed by witchcraft's arts. [3] [6]
In the 13th and 14th centuries, books from mainland Europe reached Iceland, and may have influenced folktales about elves. [ 20 ] Einar Ólafur Sveinsson writes: "Round about 1600 sources for hidden folk become so voluminous that we can readily define the beliefs and legends about them, and after that there is one source after another about ...