| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Hrim Thursar" | Norse | A new race begat by the only man and woman to survive the Great Flood. All Norse traced their descent to the Hrim Thursar, or "Hoar Frost." Scandinavian |
"Iormungandur" | Scandinavian | Iormungandr. The Midgard serpent. The serpent that encompåśśes the whole earth. Scandinavian |
| Supreme god name "Jumala" | Finnland | The supreme god of the ancient Finns and Lapps. The word is sometimes used by the Scandinavian poets for the Almighty. |
"Junner" | Scandinavian | A giant in Scandinavian mythology, said in the Edda to represent the "eternal principle." Its skull forms the heavens; its eyes the Sun and moon; its shoulders the mountains; its bones the rocks, etc.; hence the poets call heaven "Junner's skull;" the Sun, "Junner's right eye;" the moon, "Junner's left eye;" the rivers, "the ichor of old Junner." |
"Lidskialfa" | Scandinavian | The terror of nations. The throne of Alfader, whence he can view the whole universe. Scandinavian |
"Liosalfar" | Scandinavian | The light Alfs who dwell in the city Alf-heim. They are whiter than the Sun. Scandinavian |
"Merry Dun of Dover" | Scandinavian | A large mythical ship, which knocked down Calais steeple in påśśing through the Straits of Dover, and the pennant, at the same time, swept a flock of sheep off Dover cliffs into the sea. The masts were so lofty that a boy who ascended them would grow grey before he could reach deck again. Scandinavian |
"Miolnier" | Scandinavian | Mjolnir [the crusher]. The magic hammer of Thor. It would never fail to hit a Troll; would never miss to hit whatever it was thrown at; would always return to the owner of its own accord; and became so small when not in use that it could be put into Thor's pocket. Scandinavian |
| God name "Mkulumncandi" | Swaziland | Creator god known as the great first one. Swaziland |
| God name "Mkulumncandi" | Swazi / Swaziland, South Africa | Creator god. There is no worship of this deity, though he is known as the great first one.... |
| God name "Mkulumncandi Swazi" | Swaziland | The creator god known as the great first one |
| God name "Mlentengamunye (one leg)" | Swazi / Swaziland, South Africa | Messenger god. The intermediary between mankind and the creator god MKULUMNCANDI.... |
"Munnin (Memory)" | Scandinavian | One of the two ravens that sit perched on the shoulders of Odin; the other is Hugin (thought). Scandinavian |
| Goddess name "Narasinhi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI of NARASINHA who is one of a group of ASTAMATARA mothers. In another grouping, one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Also CANDIKA.... |
"Nastrond" | Scandinavian | Nastrond [dead-man's region ]. The worst marsh in the infernal regions, where serpents pour forth venom incessantly from the high walls. Here the murderer and the perjured will be doomed to live for ever. Scandinavian |
"Nick" | Scandinavian | A water-wraith or kelpie. There are nicks in sea, lake, river, and waterfall. Both Catholic and Protestant clergy have laboured to stir up an aversion to these beings. They are sometimes represented as half-child, half-horse, the hoofs being reversed, and sometimes as old men sitting on rocks wringing the water from their hair. This kelpie must not be confounded with the nix. Scandinavian |
"Nicor" | Scandinavian | A sea-devil, in Scandinavian mythology, who eats sailors. It was three fathoms long, with the body of a bison-bull, and the head of a cat, the beard of a man, and tusks an ell long, lying down on its breast. |
"Nis or Nisse" | Scandinavian | A Kobold or Brownie. A Scandinavian fairy friendly to farmhouses. |
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