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A dwarf (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Accounts of dwarfs vary significantly throughout history; however, they are commonly, but not exclusively, presented as living in mountains or stones and being skilled craftsmen.
The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.
The legendary dwarfs of Simonside were mentioned in the local newspaper, the Morpeth Gazette, in 1889, and in Tyndale's Legends and Folklore of Northumbria, 1930. They delighted in leading travellers astray, especially after dark, often carrying lighted torches to lead them into bogs, rather like a Will-o'-the-wisp . [ 1 ]
A category for Dwarves or Dwarf-like beings from the folklores of Germanic peoples. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Simonside Dwarfs, evil dwarfs in Northumbrian folklore that are also known as duergar; Dwarf (folklore), a mountain-dwelling creature in Germanic folklore and mythology (including Norse mythology) known as dweorg in Old English and dvergr in Old Norse; Duergar, an evil race of dwarves in Dungeons & Dragons
Native American "Little People" from Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers, 1917. Little people have been part of the folklore of many cultures in human history, including Ireland, Greece, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Flores Island, Indonesia, and Native Americans.
The Little People of the Pryor Mountains (known as Nirumbee [1] or Awwakkulé [2] in the Crow language) are a race of ferocious dwarfs in the folklore of the Crow Tribe, a Native American tribe. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Little People were also seen as imparting spiritual wisdom, and played a major role in shaping the destiny of the Crow People through ...
In Breton folklore, a Korrigan (pronounced [kɔˈriːɡãn]) is a fairy or dwarf-like spirit. The word korrigan means in Breton "small-dwarf" (korr means dwarf, ig is a diminutive and the suffix an is a hypocoristic). It is closely related to the Cornish word korrik which means gnome. The name changes according to the place.