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    etymologisk ordbok. "The Vættir". Real Heathenry. Retrieved June 1, 2019. "Asbjørnsen & Moe". Fairytalez.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019. "Vættir". Nightbringer.se...
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    wight, And han delyt in wikkednes." As with "wight", Old Norse: vættr (pl. vættir) means a being, especially a supernatural being. It occurs in compound nouns...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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    trolls. John Arnott MacCulloch posited a connection between the Old Norse vættir and trolls, suggesting that both concepts may derive from spirits of the...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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  • lesser extent, the guardian angel. Fylgja Hamingja Landdisir Landvættir Vættir In Hinduism, personal tutelary deities are known as ishta-devata, while...
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  • feeding on the life essence of the living, generally in the form of blood. Vættir – Nature spirits in Scandinavian folklore. Vila – Slavic version of nymphs...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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    (Slavic) – Male water spirit Vrykolakas (Greek) – Undead wolf-human hybrid Vættir (Norse) – Nature spirit A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X...
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    Oddrúnargrátr, Oddrún helps Borgny give birth to twins. In thanks, Borgny invokes vættir, Frigg, Freyja, and other unspecified deities. Freyja is a main character...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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  • Með vættum ("Among Vættir" in Icelandic) is the third full-length album by the Icelandic viking/folk metal band Skálmöld, released on 11 November 2014...
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  • Di sma undar jordi, or simply di sma, are legendary vættir-like creatures found in folklore from the island of Gotland, Sweden. The name can roughly be...
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    the modern period as part of the practice of modern Heathens. Vættr (pl. Vættir) can be translated as "wight" or "being" and is derived from Proto-West...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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    SKÁLD's 2023 album. Álagablettur Domovoy Gnome Kallikantzaros Troll Taniwha Vættir Vittra In Icelandic and Faroese. From huldu- "pertaining to secrecy" and...
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    available in English in a post on site. The nickname Vetteika comes from the vættir. She believed that when the farm builder died, he returned as a guardian...
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    practitioners believing in nonhuman spirit persons commonly known as "wights" (vættir) that inhabit the world, each of whom is believed to have its own personality...
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    the recipients of blót, along with beings such as gods, elves and heathen vættir. Some nouns for places include blót as a prefix, suggesting them as sites...
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  • Norwegian pornographic actress Vet (disambiguation) Vett (disambiguation) Vættir or vetter, creatures in Nordic folklore This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    Puk (Schleswig, Denmark/Germany) Sprite The Tailor of Gloucester Tomte or Nisse (folklore) (Scandinavia) Tonttu or Haltija (Finland) Vættir Wirry-cow...
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    Norse religion Gods Æsir Vanir Jötunn Sigurd Sigmund Wayland the Smith Vættir Elf Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar Dwarf (folklore) Einherjar Fenrir Hel (mythological...
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  • be both masculine and feminine. Animism Dryad Kami Hiisi Tutelary deity Vættir, for nature spirits and even gods in Norse mythology and religion Granberg...
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    worship of the spirits of the dead. The dísir, like the valkyries, norns, and vættir, are always referred collectively in surviving references. The North Germanic...
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    reflected in the Indo-European daughter cultures. In Norse mythology the Vættir are for instance reflexes of the native animistic nature spirits and deities...
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    Santa Claus Sprite Spiriduș (Romania) Tonttu or Haltija (Finland) Tudigong Vættir Yule Lads (Iceland) The tale "Tuftefolket på Sandflesa" describes its setting...
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