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Huldufólk[ a ] or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. [ 1 ][ 2 ] They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. [ 3 ] They can make themselves visible at will. [ 4 ] Konrad von Maurer cites a 19th-century Icelandic source claiming that the only ...
Yunwi Tsunsdi - Cherokee. The Native American little people have been said to reside in the Pryor Mountains of Montana and Wyoming. The Pryors are famous for their "fairy rings" and strange happenings. Some members of the Crow tribe consider the little people to be sacred ancestors and require leaving an offering for them upon entry to the area.
German folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Germany over a number of centuries. Seeing as Germany was divided into numerous polities for most of its history, this term might both refer to the folklore of Germany proper and of all German-speaking countries, this wider definition including folklore of Austria and Liechtenstein as ...
Meretseger– The cobra-headed Egyptian Goddess. Sirin– Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore; its bird half is generally that of an owl's body. Sobek– The crocodile-headed Egyptian God. Thoth– The ibis-headed Egyptian God.
The Merry Maidens at St Buryan Celebration of St Piran's Day in Penzance. Cornish mythology is the folk tradition and mythology of the Cornish people.It consists partly of folk traditions developed in Cornwall and partly of traditions developed by Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium, often shared with those of the Breton and Welsh peoples.
Finnish mythology. Finnish mythology commonly refers of the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people. It has many shared features with Estonian and other Finnic mythologies, but also with neighbouring Baltic, Slavic and, to a lesser extent, Norse mythologies.
Anguane. Alberich- an elf king. Later Anglicized to Oberon and used in several works of fiction as king of the fairies. Alp also, Alpa, Elba. There is also a Dragon known as the Alber, implying shapeshifting. The Aos Sí or sídhe are a powerful supernatural race in Irish mythology. Bluecap.
v. t. e. Irish mythologyis the body of mythsindigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orallyin the prehistoric era. In the early medieval era, some myths were transcribedby Christian monks, who heavily altered and Christianisedthe myths. Irish mythology is the best-preserved branch of Celtic mythology.