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Tír Na Nog
Tír na nÓg is the legendary “Land of Youth” in Irish mythology, a supernatural otherworld associated with everlasting vitality, beauty, plenty and the suspension of ordinary time. It belongs to the wider Irish tradition …
Sampo
Sampo is a mysterious and much-discussed object in Finnish mythology, best known from the national epic Kalevala. In traditional Finnish oral poetry and later literary retellings, the Sampo is a wonder-working source of …
Swan Maidens
Swan maidens are a widespread figure in folklore and myth: supernatural women who can transform into swans, or who take human form after removing a feathered garment. In a Norse mythology context, the term is often used …
Tuatha Dé Danann
Tuatha Dé Danann are a supernatural people in Irish mythology, remembered as one of the great mythic populations of Ireland. In the surviving medieval texts, they appear as skilled, otherworldly beings associated with so…
Suonetar
Suonetar is a figure from Finnish mythology and folk tradition, commonly understood as a supernatural being connected with veins, blood, and healing or affliction in the human body. Like many beings in Finnic folklore, S…
Syn
Syn is a minor figure in Norse mythology, known from the Old Norse mythological tradition preserved in medieval Icelandic texts. She is usually described as a goddess or divine attendant associated with refusal, denial, …
Wogan
Wogan is a name found in Irish tradition, but it is not among the best-known figures of Irish mythology, and its identity is not securely fixed across surviving sources. In some contexts it appears as a personal name, wh…