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Creatures found in the legends and folktales of North Germanic peoples. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Scandinavian legendary creatures"
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and Sápmi. Folklore is a concept encompassing expressive traditions of a particular culture or group.
Scandinavian legendary creatures (5 C, 47 P) Superstitions of Scandinavia (1 C, 3 P) Swedish folklore (10 C, 37 P) T. Trolls (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category ...
Nixies (folklore) (2 C, 32 P) Norse demons (2 P) T. ... Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
Adils; Alaric and Eric; Arngrim; Ask and Embla; Aun; Berserkers; Bödvar Bjarki; Dag the Wise; Domalde; Domar; Dyggve; Egil One-Hand; Fafnir; Fjölnir; Gudrun; Harald ...
Modern art, depicting a draugr haunting in enormous shape. The draugr or draug (Old Norse: draugr; Icelandic: draugur; Faroese: dreygur; Danish and Norwegian: draug; Swedish: dröger, drög) [a] [1] is a corporeal undead creature from the sagas and folktales of the Nordic countries, with varying ambiguous traits.
A tomtenisse made of salt dough.A common Scandinavian Christmas decoration, 2004. Modern vision of a nisse, 2007. A nisse (Danish:, Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]), tomte (Swedish: [ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish:) is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable ...