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Róta
Róta is a little-known female figure in Norse tradition, usually classified as a valkyrie. Her name appears in medieval lists of valkyries preserved in Old Norse literature, especially material associated with the Prose …
Macha
Macha is a name associated with several important female figures in Irish mythology and medieval Irish tradition. The name belongs to more than one character, and the surviving stories do not always present them as a sin…
Kotihaltija
Kotihaltija is a Finnish household spirit associated with the protection, prosperity and proper running of a home. The name is usually understood as “the guardian of the home” or “the household spirit”: koti means “home”…
Sága
Sága is a little-known female figure in Norse mythology, counted among the ásynjur, the goddesses or women of the divine Æsir. Her name is associated with the Old Norse word-family connected with speech, saying and what …
Medb
Medb is one of the most powerful and controversial figures in Irish mythology. Usually known in English as Maeve, she is the queen of Connacht and a central character in the Ulster Cycle, one of the four major narrative …
Kuu
Kuu is the Finnish word for the Moon and, in discussions of Finnish mythology, may refer either to the celestial body itself or to a personified lunar power. It is sometimes presented in modern summaries as a Finnish moo…
Síbilja
Síbilja is not a securely attested goddess, giantess, valkyrie, or other independent figure in the surviving mythology of medieval Scandinavia. The name appears in some modern lists of “Norse gods and beings”, but those …
Maga
Maga is an obscure name associated with Irish mythological tradition. Unlike figures such as Macha, the Morrígan, Brigid or Medb, Maga does not possess a clearly established biography, mythology or cult in the surviving …
Kyllikki
Kyllikki is a human heroine of the Finnish and Karelian oral-poetry tradition, best known as the wife of Lemminkäinen in the Kalevala. She is not a goddess, spirit or supernatural creature. Her story belongs to the cycle…
Sigurd
Sigurd is one of the greatest heroes of Norse and wider Germanic legend. Known as Sigurðr in Old Norse and as Siegfried in medieval German tradition, he is celebrated for killing the dragon Fáfnir, acquiring a hoard of c…
Manannán Mac Lir
Manannán Mac Lir is one of the most prominent supernatural figures in Irish mythology. His name is commonly translated as “Manannán, son of Lir,” and he is strongly associated with the sea, the Isle of Man, and the other…