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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 .
These "light elves" lived in Álfheim (part of heaven) under the fertility god Freyr. [2] As mythology evolved, elves no longer lived in Álfheim but lived on earth in nature. The White Women also may represent ancient beliefs in ancestral spirits or older native goddesses and nature spirits, such as the Idis for example.
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.
Ho-Chunk mythology - A North American tribe located in now eastern Wisconsin. Iroquois mythology - A confederacy of tribes located in the New York state area. Lenape mythology; Seneca mythology - A North American tribe located south of Lake Ontario. Wyandot religion - A North American tribe located around the northern shore of Lake Ontario.
Get a closer look at the Elf on the Shelf story. Learn more about the history, origin and official rules of the beloved Christmas tradition. ... Get sweaters on sale for the whole family during ...
For those of us that were not children of the new millennium, the Elf on the Shelf phenomenon is still fairly new but you can find photos of this watchful elf in all kinds of places and getting up ...
A mythical city at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Vyraj: A mythical place in Slavic mythology, where "birds fly for the winter and souls go after death". Westernesse: A country found in the Middle English romance King Horn. Xibalba: The underworld in Mayan mythology. Yomi: The land of the dead according to Shinto mythology, as related in ...
Someone has to make that magic, though, and while some parents enlist their family's elves as scouts for Santa, others make it all about fun. Valerie Seward, a mom of three, said her family's elf ...