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A haltija (haltia) is a spirit, gnome, or elf-like creature in Finnish mythology that guards, helps, or protects something or somebody. The word is possibly derived from the Gothic haltijar , which referred to the original settler of a homestead—although this is not the only possible etymology.
In Finnish folklore, all places and things, and also human beings, have a haltija (a genius, guardian spirit) of their own. One such haltija is called etiäinen—an image, doppelgänger, or just an impression that goes ahead of a person, doing things the person in question later does. For example, people waiting for someone at home might hear ...
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Some baby names inspired by mythology are popular picks among new parents. Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls.
From skrækja, meaning "bawl, shout, or yell" [29] or from skrá, meaning "dried skin", in reference to the animal pelts worn by the Inuit. [29] The name the Norse Greenlanders gave the previous inhabitants of North America and Greenland. Skuggifjord Hudson Strait Straumfjörð "Current-fjord", "Stream-fjord" or "Tide-fjord". A fjord in Vinland.
Hraesvelg – Jötunn, who in eagle form, creates the wind by beating his wings; Hrímþurs – Rime or frost jötunn; Huaychivo – human-deer hybrid; Hue-tsiau – firebird; Huginn and Muninn – pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin whose names mean Thought and Memory
Ilmarinen is a major deity [2] and former chief deity, in the form of a sky deity in Baltic Finnic paganism, [21] alongside the Proto-Uralic religion until his replacement as the chief deity. Ilmarinen may have [possibly] also been a thunder deity under the name Ilmaričče. [22] Other names for Ilmarinen are Ilmorinen and Ilmollini, as found ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters