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The Giant with the Flaming Sword (1909) by John Charles Dollman. In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black" [1] or more narrowly "swart", [2] Surtur in modern Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, [3] is a jötunn; he is the greatest of the fire giants and further serves as the guardian of Muspelheim, which is one of the only two realms to exist before the beginning of time ...
Modern art, depicting a draugr haunting in enormous shape. The draugr or draug (Old Norse: draugr; Icelandic: draugur; Faroese: dreygur; Danish and Norwegian: draug; Swedish: dröger, drög) [a] [1] is a corporeal undead creature from the sagas and folktales of the Nordic countries, with varying ambiguous traits.
Norse demons (2 P) T. Trolls (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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.
For instance, in Scandinavian languages, we find, according to the OED, "Old Icelandic púki mischievous demon, the Devil, Faroese púki, Norwegian (originally and chiefly regional) puke devil, evil spirit, mischievous person, [citation needed] Old Swedish puke devil, evil spirit, Swedish (now chiefly regional) puke evil spirit, devil, goblin ...
Demons originating in Norse mythology. Pages in category "Norse demons" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The first three scribes were Icelanders, and the fourth was a Dane working from Icelandic material. [3] The various spells consist of Latin and runic material as well as Icelandic magical staves, invocations to Christian entities, demons, and the Norse gods, as well as instructions for the use of herbs and magical items.
The Icelandic and Faroese nykur are horselike creatures. In Middle Low German , it was called necker and in Middle Dutch nicker (compare also Nickel or Nikkel plus Kobolt ). [ 4 ] The Old High German form nihhus also meant "crocodile", [ 2 ] [ 4 ] while the Old English nicor [ 2 ] [ 4 ] could mean both a "water monster" like those encountered ...