Comments on: Creatures in Norse Mythology /creatures-in-norse-mythology/ All Things Norway, In English Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amanda (Mandy) Kitteridge-Stote /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1016784 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:10:05 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1016784 I’m searching for the light hearted music from the Lillehammer Olympics 1994. As little creatures popped out of the snow? Classed as mischievous. My son bought me a CD in 1996 or 7 and since my son disappeared, that music is precious to me and the tape was lost in a move! Does anyone know of the quirky Band producing music not in the popular circles. Parts of it were similar to the 1972 POPCORN song. Sentiment keeps me searching for the music. Ideas anyone?

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By: Todd /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1013843 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:58:27 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1013843 In reply to Demigod.

That would make for a very boring article, eh? This isn’t an article arguing the veracity of truth to these beings existence, its article detailing a particular culture’s interpretation of myths and legends.

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By: Todd /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1013842 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:54:07 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1013842 In reply to Tristan McKnight.

The gods are a separate link. “Laddie” implies to me you have a parent(s) who are Scottish (I’m Scottish descent) so “first generation” also means you were the first in your family tree born Norwegian. No offense, but not a strong claim to declaring things “not true” and demanding change without citing what changes.

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By: Briar /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1011386 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:54:17 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1011386 In reply to Draconian.

these old legends are cool but also very weird

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By: John Guss /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1006957 Wed, 31 May 2023 14:45:09 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1006957 In reply to Adam Michael of House Finkle.

What can you tell me about the name Svirfneblin? It’s supposedly from Norwegian folklore before being adapted by Dungeons & Dragons. Despite numerous online references, I cannot find the term anywhere in original folklore or mythology sources. There’s even a hero of that people, according to one post. Did the designers of the game just make it up or do these dwarves/gnomes actually appear in real world myth and folklore?

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By: Demigod /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1006110 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:04:12 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1006110 C’mon guys this is just an article. There’s no God’s the whole Norse mythology was copied by Slavic mythology. And Slavic from Vedic.. etc etc…

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By: Tomas Bakken /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-1000424 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:45:39 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-1000424 In reply to Evan.

The big trolls she mentioned isnt from norse mythology, but from a later era. You can say they where reinvented during the national romantic era, to add some grandure to Norwegian folk lore.

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By: Evan /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-999688 Mon, 23 May 2022 22:08:25 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-999688 Interesting read about Norse mythology. According to my Norwegian mother-in-law Trolls are big in Norse folklore. She really believed in them, said some could be as small as a rat or the size of a mountain. We still have a collection of hand carved wooden Troll dolls sent by my wife’s Grandfather from Norway. They aren’t cute like the Troll dolls sold in the USA. These are somewhat creepy and certainly ugly.

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By: Anyone Toronto /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-998545 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 08:13:42 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-998545 In reply to Tristan McKnight.

You are first generation Norwegian, but use Scottish phrasing? 😯

😉☺️

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By: B /creatures-in-norse-mythology/#comment-996889 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:39:10 +0000 /?p=23688#comment-996889 I was googling Gods of poetry and stumbled across Bragi, then proceeded to spent the next hour or so falling further down this rabbit hole of knowledge (10/10 would recommend, will probably accidentally hyperfixate on Norse mythology, thank you for putting this together)

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