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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.
Two dwarfs as depicted in a 19th-century edition of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. 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 ...
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Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Manticore – Creature with a man's head, a lion's body, bat wings, and a scorpion tail. Mermaid, merman – Women and men with the lower bodies of fish. Minotaur – A human with the head and sometimes legs of a bull. Moirai – Lesser trio of female deities assigned with deciding and weaving the fates of humans. Usually called the Fates, this ...
Thorin's Company consisted of the following thirteen dwarves. Their quest in The Hobbit is the main impetus of the plot. [a] Their quest was joined by Bilbo Baggins (the titular hobbit) and occasionally by the wizard Gandalf. Tolkien took the names of Gandalf and 12 of the 13 dwarves – excluding Balin – from the Old Norse Völuspá. [6] [7]
Dwarves (folklore) (5 C, 26 P) F. Fairies (17 C, 133 P) ... Pages in category "Fantasy creatures" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
The Belgariad series by David Eddings (1982–4): Dryads, female human-like creatures, bound to oak trees; Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (1984): Fevvers, a circus performer claims to be part-swan [7] Vampire Princess Miyu by Toshiki Hirano (1989–2002): Miyu, half-human and half-vampire