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Possibly from Old Norse krasa (="shatter") via Old French crasir [55] creek kriki ("corner, nook") through ME creke ("narrow inlet in a coastline") altered from kryk perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman crique itself from a Scandinavian source via Norman-French [56] crochet from Old Norse krokr "hook" via French crochet "small hook; canine tooth ...
List of rivers of Norway. The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: Glomma, 600 km (373 mi) Pasvikelva and Ivalo, 360 km (224 mi) (109 km in Norway) Numedalslågen, 352 km (219 mi) Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, 351 km (218 mi) Tana, 348 km (216 mi)
Norse demons (2 P) T. Trolls (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The Norns (1889) by Johannes Gehrts. The Norns ( Old Norse: norn [ˈnorn], plural: nornir [ˈnornɪr]) are deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. [ 1] In the Völuspá, the three primary Norns Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi, and Skuld draw water from their sacred well to nourish the tree at the center of the ...
The English word '"wraith" is derived from vǫrðr, while "ward" and "warden" are cognates . At times, the warden could reveal itself as a small light or as the shape ( hamr) of the person. The perception of another person's warden could cause a physical sensation such as an itching hand or nose, as a foreboding or an apparition.
Jörð ( Old Norse: Jǫrð, lit. ' earth ') is the personification of earth and a goddess in Norse mythology. She is the mother of the thunder god Thor and a sexual partner of Odin. [ 1] Jörð is attested in Danish history Gesta Danorum, composed in the 12th century by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus; the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th ...
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and Sápmi. Folklore is a concept encompassing expressive traditions of a particular culture or group.
List. The 1590 Skálholt Map showing Latinized Norse placenames in North America: [ 1] • Land of the Risi (a mythical location) • Greenland. • Helluland ( Baffin Island) • Markland (the Labrador Peninsula) • Land of the Skræling (location undetermined) • Promontory of Vinland (the Great Northern Peninsula)