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Pages in category "Danish legendary creatures" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Elder Mother; H.
Numerous Danish folktales contain mythical figures such as trolls, elves, goblins, and wights as well as figures from Norse mythology. The nisse is a particularly well-known legendary figure in Danish folklore, apparently dating back to pre-Christian times when it was believed there were household gods.
In Danish folklore, a valravn (Danish: raven of the slain) is a supernatural raven.Those ravens appear in traditional Danish folksongs, where they are described as originating from ravens who consume the bodies of the dead on the battlefield, as capable of turning into the form of a knight after consuming the heart of a child, and, alternately, as half-wolf and half-raven creatures.
In Danish folklore, a helhest (Danish "Hel horse") is a three-legged horse associated with Hel.Various Danish phrases are recorded that refer to the horse. The Helhest is associated with death and illness, and it is mentioned in folklore as having been spotted in various locations in Denmark.
Danish legendary creatures (1 C, 6 P) P. Legendary Danish people (2 C, 14 P) W. Witchcraft in Denmark (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Danish folklore"
Creatures found in the ... Danish legendary creatures (1 C, 6 P) K. Kraken in popular culture (22 P) N. Nixies (folklore) (2 C, 32 P) Creatures in Norse mythology (6 ...
Old Norse draugr is defined by Guðbrandur Vigfússon and Richard Cleasby as "a ghost, spirit, esp. the dead inhabitant of a cairn". [4] Often the draugr is regarded not so much as a ghost but a revenant, [5] i.e., the reanimated corpse of the deceased inside the burial mound [6] (as in the example of Kárr inn gamli in Grettis saga).
In the video game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, the Danish operator Nøkk is named after the mythical creature. [citation needed] In The Nixie's Song, the first book in the children's series Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, the main characters rescue a Nixie named Taloa after fire-breathing giants destroy her pond. Nixies are depicted as ...