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The elves of Norse mythology have survived into folklore mainly as females, living in hills and mounds of stones. [97] The Swedish älvor were stunningly beautiful girls who lived in the forest with an elven king. [98] [99] The elves could be seen dancing over meadows, particularly at night and on misty mornings.
Pages in category "Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A mythical underworld plain in Irish mythology, achievable only through death or glory. Meaning 'plains of joy', Mag Mell was a hedonistic and pleasurable paradise, usually associated with the sea. Rocabarraigh: A phantom island in Scottish Gaelic mythology. Tech Duinn: A mythological island to the west of Ireland where souls go after death ...
(Hindu mythology) Elf-arrow (also Pixie Arrow), were arrowheads of flint used in hunting and war by the aborigines of the British Isles and of Europe in general. Elf-Arrows derived their name from the folklore belief that the arrows fell from the sky, and were used by elves to kill cattle and inflict Elfshot on human beings. Elf-Arrows were ...
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 ...
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
Elf – Nature and fertility spirit; Eloko (Central Africa) – Little people and malevolent nature spirits; Elwetritsch (German) – Birdlike forest creature of the Palatinate and Pennsylvania Dutch country; Emere – Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will; Emim – Giant