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Sif
Sif is a female deity in Norse mythology, best known as the wife of Thor and the owner of remarkable golden hair. She appears only briefly in the surviving medieval sources, but one story gives her an important place in …
Midir
Midir is a supernatural lord of Irish mythology, best known from the medieval tale Tochmarc Étaíne, or The Wooing of Étaín. He belongs to the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divine or Otherworldly people who appear in Irish mythol…
Loviatar
Loviatar is a feared female figure in Finnish mythic poetry, best known as the blind daughter of Tuoni, the ruler of the realm of the dead. In the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, she is associated with death, corrupti…
Sigyn
Sigyn is a goddess or divine woman associated with Loki in Norse mythology. She is best known for remaining beside him after the gods punish him for his role in the death of Baldr. While Loki lies bound beneath a venomou…
Milesius
Milesius is the Latinized name commonly used for Míl Espáine, the legendary ancestor of the Gaels in medieval Irish literature. He is not a god or a fully developed hero with an independent cycle of adventures. Instead, …
Maanhaltija
Maanhaltija is a term associated with Finnish folk religion and mythology for a spirit or guardian connected with the earth, land, or a particular place. It is best understood not as the name of one universally defined g…
Sjofn
Sjöfn is a minor goddess in Norse mythology, known primarily from the medieval Icelandic Prose Edda. Her name is usually written Sjöfn in modern editions, although Sjofn is a common English spelling that omits the diacri…
Mongán
Mongán, usually called Mongán mac Fiachnai, is a legendary king of Ulaid in Irish tradition. He is associated with the northern Irish kingdom of the Ulaid, the Otherworld, and the sea-god Manannán mac Lir. Unlike figures…
Tuonela
Tuonela is the realm of the dead in Finnish mythology and in the related Finnish-Karelian poetic tradition. It is often described as a dark and distant land beyond a dangerous river, inhabited by the dead and ruled or pe…
Skadi
Skadi (Old Norse Skaði) is a powerful female figure in Norse mythology, associated with the mountains, winter, hunting and skiing. She is usually described as a jötunn, a member of the supernatural beings often translate…
Mórrígan
Mórrígan is a powerful and enigmatic figure in Irish mythology, especially in stories about war, kingship, prophecy and the fate of communities. Her name is often written Morrígan or Mórrígan, and medieval Irish texts pr…