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Skogul
Skogul, more accurately written Skǫgul in Old Norse, is a valkyrie associated with battle, fallen warriors and the selection of the slain. She belongs to the mythological tradition of medieval Icelandic and Scandinavian …
Nemglan
Nemglan is an obscure figure associated with Irish mythology and, above all, with the Ulster Cycle. He is generally described as a supernatural bird-being or as a ruler of birds. His most important connection is with the…
Nyyrikki
Nyyrikki is a figure associated with the forests and hunting in Finnish mythology. In the Finnish epic poem Kalevala, he is presented as a son of Tapio, the powerful master or spirit of the forest. Nyyrikki’s most distin…
Skoll
Sköll is a wolf in Norse mythology who pursues the sun across the sky. He belongs to the group of monstrous beings associated with the forces that threaten the ordered world of the gods and humans. According to accounts …
Niamh
Niamh, usually known as Niamh Chinn Óir (“Niamh of the Golden Head” or “Niamh of the Golden Hair”), is an otherworldly princess in Irish heroic tradition. She is best known as the woman who comes from Tír na nÓg, the Lan…
Otava
Otava is the Finnish name for the constellation commonly known in English as the Great Bear or, more specifically, the seven prominent stars of the Big Dipper. In Finnish mythology and folklore, Otava belongs to the nort…
Skuld
Skuld is a figure associated with Norse mythology, but her identity is not entirely straightforward. In the best-known tradition, she is one of the three principal Norns, the beings connected with the shaping of human li…
Ogma
Ogma is a figure of Irish mythology associated with the Tuatha Dé Danann, the supernatural people who appear in medieval Irish narratives as rulers and champions of Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians. He is best…
Ovda
Ovda is a little-documented wilderness figure commonly labelled as part of Finnish mythology. In modern descriptions, Ovda is usually presented as a hairy, human-shaped forest being associated with remote woodland, disor…
Sleipnir
Sleipnir is the eight-legged horse of Norse mythology and the principal mount of the god Odin. Renowned as the fastest and finest of horses, Sleipnir carries Odin across the worlds of the Norse cosmos and appears in stor…
Oisín
Oisín is a celebrated hero and poet of Irish mythology, especially the Fenian or Fianna tradition. He is usually described as the son of the warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill and Sadb, and as the father of Oscar. Unlike a god o…