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Throughout history, spiders have been depicted in popular culture, mythology and in symbolism. From Greek mythology to African folklore , the spider has been used to represent a variety of things, and endures into the present day with characters such as Shelob from The Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man from the eponymous comic series.
Pages in category "Mythological spiders" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Phalanx (mythology) S. Spider Grandmother; T. Tsuchigumo
“The Spider Woman or Grandmother Spider legends are part of the creation mythology for many Native American cultures. In West African folklore, Anansi is a spider known for his cunning and trickery.
Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore.Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". [1] In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual).
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.
"The Elf Maiden" is a Norse folklore about a young man who marries an elf woman. As their marriage progresses, the elf maiden begins to periodically, miraculously disappear from his sight. The elf maiden finally tells her husband that she will eventually disappear, permanently, and that the only way to prevent it is by hammering a nail into a ...
Pohl (2002) points out that in the beginning they are called the Vinnili and are led by Gambara, a woman, but in the end, they are called the Longobards and are ruled by two men, her sons, and it may be discussed whether this represents a shift from matrilinearity to patrilinearity, or if it is a mediaeval perception of this having happened in ...