#vættir

[notthesomefather]

Prayer for the Landwights

Dancers on the swirling breeze, Painters of the morning dew, With love and reverence, we honor you. Shepherds of the living wood, Speakers of the rustling plains, We sing your praises on the winds and rains. Tenders of the blooming buds, Nourishers of the fertile earth, We recognize your immeasurable worth. Hail the Landwights!

Statement of Responsibility

While I sit on this land violently begotten, I offer my respect and sorrow to the Mashpee Wampanoag people, both past and present. Not a relic of history but a proud, living culture.

I solemnly recognize the struggles you face against ongoing sociopolitical, environmental, and physical violence and the continuing work that your allies must do to eliminate white supremacy.

I offer my prayers to the ears of your ancestors in a moment of somber reflection and grief for the lives and traditions lost. May peace, power, and justice find the People of the First Light.

Note: I live in Massachusetts, but I encourage you (particularly if you reside in the United States) to research your area’s historical and contemporary Native peoples and cultures and how to best support them in legal, environmental, and other efforts.

To find out how you can get involved and/or help support the Mashpee Wampanoag people, visit their website, subscribe to their newsletter, and follow them on social media.

#asatru #heathen #norse #pagan #prayers #rituals #vættir

[nordic-witch-siri]

🕯️ Happy St Lucia’s Day! 🕯

Yuletide in many folk traditions is a huge time for different kinds of magic, and that is very very true of Nordic folk customs. And as seems appropriate for the year I’m having, this year I’m thinking about Catholic syncretism of Lussi Longnight.

This is the night when the month of Jul begins.

Lussi is a spirit who rules over this night. Her name translates to “Light,” and she is known as a mother or queen of the vettir (spirit) and Huldrefolk. She would ride around the countryside with her horse of Yule Riders and look in to homes to check that everything is ready for Yule. This was also the night when the animals would get together and pass judgment on how their humans have kept them - a vestige of animist, reciprocal relationships. It is important to celebrate Lussi Longnight to preserve your health and have a good winter.

In the Catholic tradition, a young girl dressed in a white dress, red sash, and a crown with four candles. She still parades through the streets, and Lucia’s name still means “light.” She has the power to bring back the Sun. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind.

Together, these two form a powerful image for this day of celebration: we pray to them to bring back the light and to ease the hardship of winter.

📸 credits:

Slide 1: me! Slide 2: Wikipedia Slide 3: Swedish artist Adèle Söderberg Slide 4: Swedish artist Gerda Tirén #stlucia #santalucia #lussilongnight #lussi #landspirits #spiritcontact #folkcatholicism #traditionalwitchcraft #trolldom #trollkona #häxan #trollkunning #vættir #yule #yuletide #pagan

#stlucia #santalucia #lussilongnight #lussi #landspirits #spiritcontact #folkcatholicism #traditionalwitchcraft #trolldom #trollkona #häxan #trollkunning #vættir #yule #yuletide #pagan

[sarenth]

Building Heathen Cultures

Perhaps more than anything, modern Heathenry is struggling to build cultures. I use the word “cultures” because I do not believe we are developing in one single way, nor do I think it would be helpful or ultimately possible to guide our development in such a way. Many of the discussions, such as the one I just wrote around suffering, joy, yearning, as well as others regarding our history,…

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#ancestors #animism #animist #culture #cultures #Gods #heathen #Heathenry #ideas #polytheism #polytheist #questions #religion #religions #specialist #specialists #spiritual #vaettir #vaettr #vættir

[sarcasticsweetlara]

My favorite Swedish Mythical Creatures

Huldra

Elves

Vættir

Fossegrimen

#norse mythology #huldra #elves #light elf #dark elf #ljósálfar #dökkálfar #vættir #fossegrimen

[languagedeath]

My First Time on the Mystical Island of Po Toi

Written by Dyami Millarson We took the boat to Po Toi island in the morning of Saturday 22 April 2017. It was a spiritual journey that relaxed me. When we arrived near the dock of Po Toi, I could see from the ship there was a sacrificial fire burning on a cliff. It looked like a movie scene. It inspired me with awe. The scene of the sacrificial fire never left me, because it felt like a new…

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#älvor #de wonderen zijn de wereld nog niet uit #geesteneiland #History of Hong Kong #Hong Kong islands #island spirits #kami #miracles #Po Toi Island #ritual purification #sacred island #sacrificial fire #spiritual experience #time capsule #vättor #vættir #Wights #wonderful experience

[thorn-tooth]

We have an unwell tree in our front yard that has been dropping large branches since we moved in, and it is right outside of our bedroom window. With all of the storms that have passed and are still to come, we were relieved to finally get someone out here to take a look at it last week.

It turns out they will be cutting the tree down, as well as one in our back yard (they didn't specify which, or if it was going to be branch-removal or the whole tree was going to be cut; everything gets filtered from the landlord through a property management group, then to us, and no one cares about the "us" part).

While I am definitely ready to stop being terrified of a tree crashing into our bedroom every time it rains, I'm also so sad this has to happen to the trees.

Tonight I will be holding small ritual to honor and thank the trees (in this case, the offering will be a donation to a local environmental organization specifically focused on trees) as well as an offering (of food) to both house and land vættir who have been here through the many human tenants that have passed through.

(At this point I sort of go the hell off about Trees and I get kind of emotional)

My chest is tight with emotion for the trees. I have a tendency to go read Dream of the Rood when I feel this way, an old English poem describing the tree-turned-crucifix as Christ's co-sufferer. (I'm not a Christian, but who in this world wouldn't be moved hearing a tree's horror as it is transformed into a tool for torture?)

I also think, of course, of great Yggdrasil-- a name which I'm sure is familiar to many even in a loose, pop-culture kind of way. The cosmic tree with Asgard at the crown and the underworld at the roots, where Odin hanged himself for 9 nights to gain the knowledge of the runes-- what many people forget, or don't realize, is that Yggdrasil is, mytho-historically, mortal. Yggdrasil can die, and with it, we would all perish as well.

For too many, too often, it is too easy to consider a tree as not alive, or not alive in the same sense as you or I. The growth is slow enough to fool us that a tree is not moving. The non-verbal nature is unfamiliar enough to convince us that trees do not communicate. (This is a serious problem humans have with other humans, as well.) Our intense reliance on trees for materials, for shade, for soil structure, for breathable air, is juxtaposed with a normalized view of trees as passive, dormant, decoration, object.

It has taken a lot of unlearning to stop myself from literally objectifying trees. And it's hard, because shifting into an animistic perspective is a constant cycle of kindling love and experiencing heartbreak; it is reminiscent of the moment in a human relationship where you realize you have wronged the lover, that you were so very wrong but you thought you were right (that awful embarrassment), and you only thought you were right because you didn't realize you inherited trauma, not knowledge, from generations prior.

I consider a part of the offering I give tonight to be me sitting with the discomfort. More and more often I find that sitting with discomfort is potent offering. It really does depend on who, of course, you're offering to, but it reminds me of my experience with ritual at the Chattahoochee River-- after asking what would be a good way to honor our time together, an answer popped into my mind: tears. To cry for the river, for all it has been through and seen. The image in my head was of me touching a finger to my tears and then dipping those fingers into the river. At first I thought it was silly, and maybe I was just coming up with something that was supposed to feel poetic. I did it anyway. Now looking back, I think I heard the river correctly.

The rivers and the trees need us to cry for them sometimes. To awkwardly explain, through an open window, that some men are coming by tomorrow and they are going to cut someone down. To fumble an apology. To feel guilty. To write a ritual. To send a donation. To remember this for next time, how it feels, to speak to a tree. To remember that it felt like it was listening.

#animist #ritual #spirituality #trees #wights #vættir #i went off i guess

[vintagewildlife]

Can we hear about the time you saw a vätte? (You get the swedish spelling lol)

I've actually had two encounters with vættir! Both of them do have rational explanations, but rationality has already killed enough of our folklore - I'd rather have harmless superstition than dead lore.

My first encounter was when I was about 12, out riding in the woods with the pony riding school. It was a forest with a lot of memorials, including a memorial stone for a Danish poet, an arboretum to honor a teacher, and a historical hunting lodge that was burned down by a pyromaniac a few years prior. And yet the forest was only really used by our riding school, a few dog walkers, and a nearby primary school. Desolate enough for wildlife to thrive, yet frequented enough that the woods could never grow completely wild. Strange things seem to happen - or at least be observed by people - in those kinds of places.

As our train of ponies reached a hilltop and looked down, we all saw a white horse running between the trees, with neither tack nor rider. We all commented on it, but for some reason none of us even considered trying to track it down and make sure it was okay. It was like we all just instinctively knew the horse would be gone by the time we'd made our way back down the hill.

White horses are a common type of... ghost, I guess you could call it, in Danish folklore. They're often headless, but not necessarily. They may breathe fire or leave a trail of fire, or they might not. In most records the white horses are just said to show up at a given place, with no speculations on their origins. When people do talk about their origins, the typical explanation is that they're manifestations of dead people or terrible past events. Here are a few stories collected by Evald Tang Kristensen throughout the late 1800s:

There's about a hundred of these stories, give or take, in ETK's "Danske Sagn Som De Har Lydt i Folkemunde, bind 5" (Danish Tales as Told by Common Folk, part 5).

My second encounter was more simple. I was staying over at my mom's place and I put my earrings on the dresser next to the bed. I turned away for a minute and when I looked back... they were just gone. I looked for them everywhere, under the bed, in the dresser, behind the dresser, I even called my mom in to help me, but neither of us could find them. After she'd left I felt like I didn't really have anything to lose, so I said out loud, into the room "Whoever borrowed my earrings, please give them back, it's my favorite pair and I don't want to leave without them." A moment later I heard a 'thump' from the dresser and they were lying there in plain sight.

Is it possible that a horse got loose in the forest and we were all just too stunned to do anything about it? Is it possible that I missed my earrings while looking through the dresser and then imagined a 'thump'? Sure. But that's not really fun, is it? I like the white horses and the húsvættir a lot more.

#ask #txt #folklore rambles #i am always up for discussing folklore

[hapalopus]

The trolls said eat the rich lol

"There was often something strange going on by that hill [Vibeshöj/Lapwing Hill]. A few days later, a farmhand went up there to dig peat. Then a stunted little one came up to him and said that, when he got home, and ate his lunch, he should say that "Desdas had died." He didn't think much of it, but when he got back home to Sepstrup at lunch time, he remembered it, and he said it, though he couldn't understand what it meant. Then he heard an applause, as from many little hands, under the stove. It was the richest of their people who had died, and he was so mean to them, that they were happier for it."

It's oddly common for small vættir to live under stoves. They're usually around the size of a finger or a hand, and they live in very big families. They're usually only seen when they hold funerals or weddings, where they march through the house in a procession. They can also appear as blue lights under/around the stove. This is the first case I've seen of little house-dwelling vættir talking to a hill-dwelling vættr. I wonder why they used a human as a messenger.

iirc, these small vættir are not fond of cats, but I can't remember where I heard it, so don't quote me on that!

#danish folklore

[sigyn-foxyposts]

Headcanon/Theory: If Loki is Askeladen then..was Sigyn the princess?

So I felt like researching was very fun and not talked about enough folklore surrounding Loki. Like we all know how he has his own little traditions: being the tooth fairy and the vættir living under or in the fireplace. 

Some like to think that this very well know tale of a boy named Askeladen "The ashland" is actually Loki, or based on him anyways! 

After all the ashland does start out as being regarded as an incapable underachiever, but eventually proves himself by overcoming some prodigious deed, succeeding where all others have failed.

Too add further comparison, in the stories Askeladden is characterised as the runt of the family, being:

"the youngest, smallest, and weakest", yet "clever, bold, patient"

He had two brothers, who he often proved wrong whenever they teased him and when they failed in a task, their father would be surprised, since he thought his brothers would succeed. No, in fact it was askeladen.

He is also said to love the fireplace, poking around the ash all day watching over the fires while his mother nags him in doing something with his life, hence the nickname his family gave him! 

In the story: "The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body" or "The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll". He ends up tricking a giant/troll into.. taking his own life in an eating contest. How Loki is that? 

Now onto the princess part! The whole reason i am writing this. In the story titled: "The Princess who always had to have the Last Word" (Which I love so much!! Sounds like a girlboss) 

First published in 1843, this fairytale tells of a princess who is "so headstrong and obstinate", that her father the king promises her hand in marriage and half of the kingdom to the whoever who can silence her tongue. 

By the way, they're indicating that she has a silver tongue and a loud-mouth to anyone that she meets. 

By and by, the royal estate becomes so run down by people, that the king decides that if they fail, they will have their ears swayed with an iron.

(I dont really know what this could mean, but im guessing they became a slave or its a way of burning a mark into them?? feel free to share what we know about that one.)

Nonetheless, three brothers set off to try their luck with the princess. 

The youngest, called the Ashlad, picks up several items along the way, consequently being ridiculed by his two older brothers.

As the story unfolds however, it appears that it is not necessarily the things in question which prove to be helpful in the end. 

Mind you the whole time, when his brothers ask "what could you possibly need that for?"

He responds "Oh, I have things to do, and this will do,"

The Ashlads' approach to the road ahead of him reminds us to be attentive and mindful of events and coincidence on our way. Although he is initially mocked in the beginning, it turns out that doing things differently is perhaps not such a bad idea after all.

After his older brothers go in first they're ridiculed by the princess. 

"Good day," he said.

"Good day to you too," she answered and turned in her seat.

"It sure is warm in here," he said.

"It's warmer in the coals," answered the princess; the branding iron was lying there, ready to be used. 

When he saw that, he couldn't say a word, and he failed. It didn't go better with the second brother.

"Good day," he said.

"Good day to you too," she said and turned in her seat.

"It's very warm in here," he said.

"It's warmer in the coals," she answered. 

Then the cat got his tongue as well, and the iron was pulled out again.

Then it was the Ashlad's turn.

"Good day," he said.

"Good day to you too," she said and turned in her seat.

"It's nice and warm in here," he said.

"It's warmer in the coals," she answered; she did not care to be nicer to him than she was with the others.

"Then maybe I can fry my magpie there?" he asked, pulling out his first find. 

"I'm afraid she'll burst," said the king's daughter.

"Not to worry, I'll put this birch ring around it," said the boy.

"It's too wide," she said.

"I'll use this wedge," said the boy.

"The fat will drip out of her," said the princess.

"I'll hold this underneath," answered the boy, showing his broken pottery.

"Your words are all crooked," said the princess.

"No, I'm not crooked, but this is crooked," answered the boy, pulling out one of the ram's horns.

"Now, I've never seen anything like it!" yelled the princess.

"Here's one like it," said the boy, and pulled out the other horn.

"You're trying to wear me out, aren't you?" she said.

"No, but this is worn out," answered the boy, pulling out the sole.

The princess didn't know what to say.

"Now you're mine," said the Ashlad, and he got her and half the country into the bargain.

Now don't we all also theorise that Sigyn might be related to Freya or at least have been raised by Njord, one you'd consider wealthy and a "king" of the vanir? 

Just a thought! Might make a fan fiction of this in the future. 🤭

#norse mythology #norwegian folklore #folklore #loki #loki laufeyson #sigyn #askeladd #headcannons #theory #logyn #loki x sigyn #loki and sigyn #justice for sigyn #sigyn x loki #talking #autistic thoughts #my hyperfixations #fr

[skaldish]

Gefjun was in Denmark, where she ploughed the island off. Skåne has vættir that look like little Urnes-style deer beasties. I didn't perceive too many trolls until I got further into Norway, especially north of Oslo.

I excited to see what's in store for me in the Jotunheimen mountain range.

#replies #zan travels to scandinavia

[melianisnothere]

I made some Jól tea!

one for me, one for Loki.

it is kind of hard being a heathen on the southern hemisphere since things like celebrating Jól do not make a lot of sense when the seasons and nature just works differently around you. i was almost jealous looking at people's appreciation for snow, winter, honouring Skaði for coming back. but i still am very grateful for the land that i grew up in, for the Vættir that live in my surroundings, for nature manifesting itself differently around me.

so, i gathered some herbs typical to the Yule / winter season and made iced tea. tomorrow, if i have the energy, i probably will take a walk to a park or maybe a hill to thank Sól and the Vanir for the gift of summer.

adapting my practice to my reality is constant, hard work, but it is rewarding and a beautiful process.

honestly this turned out so good, if anyone wants the recipe just let me know.

#heathenry #heathen #norse paganism #yule #southern hemisphere witchery #æsir #vanir #skaði #loki #sól #lokean #jól #personal #my practice

[notthesomefather]

Hello!

🌱 - Does nature - plants, nature spirits, etc. - play a big role in your practice?

Yes! In a few ways.

Plants in rituals:

I almost always make a bowl of mixed herbs that I select and grind before a ritual. These herbs are things that I associate with certain gods/spirits or feel in line with the intent I'm trying to project. The associations are typically made after trial and error and just sitting with/smelling/touching the herbs, asking them to introduce themselves (I make sure to not inhale irritants, and I only use herbs that are safe to the touch). Then, I leave the ground-up mixture as an offering to be disposed of safely afterward.

Land spirits (general):

This is a tricky one for me, as a person whose ancestors colonized stolen land and murdered/disenfranchised/persecuted the land's caregivers. I try my best to pay attention to what local tribes are doing and give as much action/funds/etc. to those efforts as I can. That being said, I certainly have felt "family" land spirits--particularly at my grandparents' home (where I was raised). The trees watched my cousins and me grow up, the garden fed us, and the creek gave us chances for playing and exploration… I miss them very much, and knowing so many trees have been destroyed by the new owners fills me with sorrow and rage. I find plants every so often in the city where I live now that stand out/make their presence known. When that happens, I greet or compliment them whenever I pass by.

Land spirits (in prayer/rituals):

While I believe land spirits can exist and thrive in urban environments, it has been more challenging for me to feel a connection with them since moving somewhere less green. However, this has led me back to honoring house spirits, and I have a little altar set up for them where I leave offerings. I believe you can invite house spirits to join you as you move from one home to another (without the guarantee they will accept, of course). I'm very glad because I feel at least one did follow us.

#inbox #personal #vættir

[bullgirldick]

I often wonder how much unexplained phenomenona, attributed to aliens and ghosts, is actually caused by our invisible neighbors - fae, vættir, djinn, yokai, etc. I sometimes feel like the only person left who believes more in the neighbors than in alien visitors.

[sarenth]

Patreon Topic 84: On Writing Prayers for Unfamiliar Spirits

If you want to submit a topic you would like me to write on for this blog or my Patreon, sign up for the Ansuz level or above here on my Patreon. From Maleck comes this topic: “What’s it like, both process and experience, for you to be writing these prayers for spirits that you’re often entirely unfamiliar with?” It is equal parts honorable and exciting. These kinds of challenges allow me to…

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#animism #animist #Ansuz #experience #heathen #Heathenry #Patreon #patron #polytheism #polytheist #prayers #process #religion #spirits #topic #topics #unfamiliar #vaettir #vaettr #vættir #vættr #writing

[akaessi]

Since you have an education with Scandinavian folklore, I'd be curious to hear if you have any book reccomendations on Scandinavian Folklore? It's a topic I adore but I find that sources are a bit of a struggle to dig up.

I can read English, Norwegian, Danish (and tentatively with a lot of struggling and swearing) Swedish, so don't worry too much about the dreaded language barrier too much. :>

Hello hello! Thanks for asking! Pardon the late response as well, I wanted to compile a decent list as best as possible! Apologies in advance that I couldn't find easy links for most of them.

Introductory Books:

Vaesen (2013, originally in Swedish) by Johan Egerkrams (I have an English translation by Susan Beard). A beautifully drawn catalog of common Scandinavian folklore creatures. The downside of this book is the lack of direct source quotations and/or super in-depth folkloric analysis. Still a lovely easy read to familiarize yourself with some creatures!

Scandinavian Mythology: An Annotated Bibliography (1988, English) by John Lindow. Simple guide to Scandinavian mythological terms. If I'm remembering correctly, it focuses more on Norse mythological creatures (such as gods and giants) but also features explainers for folk belief figures.

Scandinavia Folk Belief and Legend (1988, English) by Reimund Kvideland and Henning K Sehmsdorf. A very detailed (and chunky!) book that focuses on folkloric beliefs and "old wives' tales" within Scandinavia. It has a lot of citations and references to folklore catalogs, which can then be used for further reading! Also, nicely organized to focus on generalized motifs.

Grimm's Fairy Tales (original German Title: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1812, German but with widely available translations.) While not exactly specifically Scandinavian Folklore, the Grimm brothers and their folklore collections did great work within the field of Germanic folkloric studies and comparative religious/folklore studies. (And if you're a linguist too, we love love love Jacob Grimm) Anyways, there are a million versions of these tales, some very watered down but if you're looking for a chance to read them here's a link (in English and German). The site is a bit clunky and doesn't have ALL the tales. But a good portion of them are available to read. It's good to familiarize yourself with these in general because of the motif commonalities in folklore studies.

More In-Depth Books:

Old Norse Mythology-Comparative Perspectives (2017, English) with Pernille Hermann, Stephen A. Mitchell, and Jens Peter Schjødt, eds., with Amber J. Rose. 2017.  An anthology of scholarly articles focusing on discourse within the field of Scandinavian (Norse) religion and folklore studies. Lots of different authors and scholars, some with incredibly specific article focuses but others with more broad analysis and literature reviews. If you need a link, Harvard University seems to have one and it should work if I link it here.

The Norns in Old Norse Mythology (2013, English) by Karen Bek Pedersen. This book hyper-focuses on the Norns within the larger context of Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. I highly recommend this book for people who are confused by the various female supernatural figures and their various names and titles. Though it has a specific focus, it is still helpful for overall studies on dísir, nornir, vættir, etc.

Folklore in Old Norse: Old Norse in Folklore (2013, English) edited by Karen Bek Pedersen and Daniel Sävborg. A relatively short book that focuses on literary and medieval textual criticisms about current scholarly trends within the field. Very helpful for understanding scholarly trends as well as bodies of thought in the field of Scandinavian studies--which is always useful for students and newbie researchers!

Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages (2011, English) by Stephen Mitchell. This book can be helpful in its discussion about the ambiguities between folklore, religion, magic, and witchcraft within the Scandinavian context. It references a lot of primary sources as well as historical sources commenting on said primary sources. It focuses mainly on the transition between Norse paganism to Christianity in Scandinavia but still, I think this book serves as a helpful introduction to understanding how folkloric practices change throughout time for various reasons.

Additional Miscellany Sources:

Motif-Index of Folk-Literature....(6 vols. revised and expanded from 1952-1958, English) by Stith Thompson. This is the compendium for folklore studies and is one of many folklore motif catalogs. Very helpful for understanding folklore in a broader comparative context. Unfortunately, it's very hard to find copies of the volumes, at least for me, but there is a digital link here.

Old Norse Folklore: Traditional, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia (English, 2023 pending release) (edited?) by Stephen Mitchell. This book isn't out yet so I can't comment too much on its content! But in the field, we are waiting to read it! According to the synopsis, it is an anthological book that will feature essays (mainly theoretical) that focus on the transition of mythological and folkloric material in the medium of orality. Hopefully, this book will serve as a good guide to understanding how to connect orality theory (in broader Scandinavian lit. studies) to folkloric motif studies (in Scandinavian folklore studies).

Some Scholars I Recommend:

Pernille Hermann, PhD. Focuses a lot on memory studies and literacy in Medieval Scandinavia. Writes in English and Danish.

Karen Bek Pedersen, PhD. Focuses on in-depth discussions of fate motifs in Norse sagas and mythological texts. Also frequently focuses on female folkloric figures in Scandinavian religion. I believe she writes English and Danish.

Daniel Sävborg, PhD. Focuses on comparative literature studies and somewhat psychological looks into Norse literature and motifs. Writes in English and in Swedish.

Stephen Mitchell, PhD. Focuses on various genres of Norse/Nordic literature with interests in magic, mythology, and legends. Writes in English, I don't know if any other languages.

Thanks for the ask! Hopefully this is helpful! 🖤

Most of the books are in English, since these are the texts my classes focused on specifically and my program is taught in English. It might take me a bit longer to find (throughout my laptop files) the non-English ones we read! As always, research carefully! There are a lot of people with no academic background writing in this subject and getting popularized. And there is also a danger of people using this subject to promote false and dangerous ideologies. (ahem Nordal).

#folklorist #norse studies #norse folklore #scandinavian mythology #scandinavian folklore #folklore studies #comparative folklore #mythology #dark academia #academia #book list

[hapalopus]

Anyone else tired of Americans/Brits/Aussies referring to every single folkloric humanoid as a fairy? It's like djinn, aziza, duende, vættir, nymphs, iratxoak, mannegishi, underjordiske, elves, aluxob, ta'ai, kobolder, yokai, polevik, mimih, dwarves, nimerigar, menehune, and nymphs don't even exist to them.

#folklore