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For the island in England, see <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Wight_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Wight (disambiguation)">Wight (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BL_Harleian_585_f_167v_Against_a_dwarf.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/BL_Harleian_585_f_167v_Against_a_dwarf.png/200px-BL_Harleian_585_f_167v_Against_a_dwarf.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="399" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/BL_Harleian_585_f_167v_Against_a_dwarf.png/300px-BL_Harleian_585_f_167v_Against_a_dwarf.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/BL_Harleian_585_f_167v_Against_a_dwarf.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="729" /></a><figcaption>Page recording a charm <a href="/wiki/Against_a_dwarf" title="Against a dwarf">against a dwarf</a>, from the Lacnunga collection, in which the dwarf is referred to as a <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">wiht</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHines201938–39_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHines201938–39-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>wight</b> is a being or thing. This general meaning is shared by cognate terms in Germanic languages, however the usage of the term varies greatly over time and between regions. In Old English, it could refer to anything in existence, with more specific usages arising in <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a>, perhaps due to the term of similar meaning in <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a>, <span title="Anglo-Norman-language text"><i lang="xno">creature</i></span>. The term is widely used in <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_fantasy" title="Contemporary fantasy">modern fantasy</a>, often to mean specifically a being which is <a href="/wiki/Undead" title="Undead">undead</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modern English "wight" is descended from <a href="/wiki/Middle_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle English language">Middle English</a>: <i lang="enm">wight</i> or <a href="/wiki/Middle_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle English language">Middle English</a>: <i lang="enm">wiȝt</i>, from <a href="/wiki/Old_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old English language">Old English</a>: <i lang="ang">wiht</i>, from <a href="/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-West Germanic">Proto-West Germanic</a> '*wihti' from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" title="Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a>: *<i lang="gem">wihtiz</i> from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a>: '*wekti' ("cause, sake, thing"), from Proto-Indo-European "*wekʷ-" ("to say, tell"). "Wight" is further cognate with <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">wicht</i>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Wicht</i>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Wicht</i>, <a href="/wiki/Gothic_language" title="Gothic language">Gothic</a>: <span lang="got">𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃</span> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a>: <i lang="non">vættr</i>, the ancestor of <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">vätte</i>, <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i lang="da">vætte</i> and <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>: <i lang="is">vættur</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEwight_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEwight-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE*wihtiz_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE*wihtiz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A dialect form in Swedish is <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">vätter</i></span>, which, similar to the other form, is descended from <a href="/wiki/Old_Swedish" title="Old Swedish">Old Swedish</a>: <i>vætter</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_English">Old English</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Old English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg/220px-Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg/330px-Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg/440px-Stories_of_beowulf_grendel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="1356" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Eoten" class="mw-redirect" title="Eoten">eoten</a> <a href="/wiki/Grendel" title="Grendel">Grendel</a>, who is described in <a href="/wiki/Beowulf" title="Beowulf">Beowulf</a> as <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">wiht unhaélo</i></span> ("that damned creature"), as illustrated by <a href="/wiki/J._R._Skelton" class="mw-redirect" title="J. R. Skelton">J. R. Skelton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESladeLine_120_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESladeLine_120-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In Old English, <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">wiht</i></span> has been variously translated as "wight", "creature" and "being".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is found in the compound words <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">eall-wihta</i></span> ("all beings") and <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">á-wiht</i></span> ("aught", "anything").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-eall-wihta_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-eall-wihta-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-á-wiht_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-á-wiht-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Wiht</i></span> is often used as the subject of <a href="/wiki/Old_English_riddles" class="mw-redirect" title="Old English riddles">riddles</a>, such as riddle 86 from the <a href="/wiki/Exeter_Book" title="Exeter Book">Exeter Book</a>, in which it has been interpreted as referring to a person selling vegetables, likely garlics.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilcox1996180_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilcox1996180-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is also used to refer to beings such as the dwarf which is the focus of the <a href="/wiki/Against_a_dwarf" title="Against a dwarf">XCIIIB charm</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Eoten" class="mw-redirect" title="Eoten">eoten</a> <a href="/wiki/Grendel" title="Grendel">Grendel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/The_dragon_(Beowulf)" title="The dragon (Beowulf)">dragon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beowulf" title="Beowulf">Beowulf</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHines201938–39_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHines201938–39-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESladeLines_120,_3038_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESladeLines_120,_3038-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word began to acquire the sense of supernatural or unearthly beings, included in the 8th century <a href="/wiki/Lindisfarne_Gospels" title="Lindisfarne Gospels">Lindisfarne Gospels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:Reinders_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Reinders-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Connotations_and_scope">Connotations and scope</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Connotations and scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <span title="Anglo-Norman-language text"><i lang="xno">creature</i></span> was borrowed from <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a> around 1300 CE, it was possibly wholly synonymous with <a href="/wiki/Middle_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle English language">Middle English</a>: <i lang="enm">wight</i>, however over time the words became differentiated by speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015182_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015182-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exact usage of the term varies between works but it broadly is used in one of five loose categories that blur between themselves: </p> <ul><li>a "living creature", an element of the earthly world</li> <li>a generic being, with few connotations</li> <li>an enemy or social inferior that is seen as other</li> <li>as beloved, often gendered</li> <li>a being connected to the spiritual realm, either good or bad<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The term is used to refer to a range of positive beings with supernatural aspects such as <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saints</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, and his mother, <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015186_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015186-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been argued that the term could be used for anything other than the <a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">God the Father</a>, as he himself was not created in <a href="/wiki/Christian_theology" title="Christian theology">Christian theology</a>. It has been noted, however, that it is stated in the <a href="/wiki/Man_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Man of Law">Man of Law</a> that <a href="/wiki/Daniel_in_the_lion%27s_den" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel in the lion's den">Daniel in the lion's den</a> was saved by "No wight but God", showing it was possible to use the term to refer to a class of beings that includes both man and the Christian god. Though there are no extant texts in Middle English that refer to God the Father directly as a <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">wight</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015180–182,_193_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015180–182,_193-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most common use of the term, however, is to refer to everyday corporeal beings as these are much more represented in normal conversation. <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">Wight</i></span> is commonly found with adjectives, such as <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">curside</i></span>, <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">wikkede</i></span>, or <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">worldly</i></span>. The phrase "<span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">sweet wight</i></span>" is notable, occurring frequently and often in gendered and romantic contexts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184–186_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184–186-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Examples">Examples</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer" title="Geoffrey Chaucer">Geoffrey Chaucer</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/s:The_Canterbury_Tales" class="extiw" title="s:s:The Canterbury Tales">The Reeve's Tale</a></i>, (1387–1400), line 4236: <dl><dd>"For [Aleyn] had swonken al the longe nyght,</dd> <dd>And seyde, 'Fare weel, Malyne, sweete <b>wight</b>!'"</dd></dl></dd> <dd><i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/s:The_Canterbury_Tales" class="extiw" title="s:s:The Canterbury Tales">The Monk's Tale</a></i>, (1387–1400), line 380: <dl><dd>"She kept her maidenhood from every <b>wight</b></dd> <dd>To no man deigned she for to be bond."</dd></dl></dd> <dd><i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Duchess" class="extiw" title="s:The Book of the Duchess">The Book of the Duchess</a></i>, (1387–1400), line 579: <dl><dd>"Worste of alle <b>wightes</b>."</dd></dl></dd> <dd><i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales" class="extiw" title="s:The Canterbury Tales">Prologue of The Knight</a></i>, (1387–1400), line 72–73: <dl><dd>"Ne neuere yet no vileynye he sayde</dd> <dd>In al his lyf vnto no manere <b>wight</b>.</dd> <dd>He was a verray parfit gentil knyght."</dd></dl></dd> <dd><i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_House_of_Fame" class="extiw" title="s:The House of Fame">The House of Fame</a></i>, (1379–1380), line 1830–1831: <dl><dd>"We ben shrewes, every <b>wight</b>,</dd> <dd>And han delyt in wikkednes."</dd></dl></dd></dl> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Norse">Old Norse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Old Norse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As with "wight", <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a>: <i lang="non">vættr</i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248666159">.mw-parser-output .tfd-dated{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .tfd-default{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);clear:both;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tfd-tiny{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tfd-inline{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);text-align:center;position:relative}@media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{clear:right;float:right;width:22em}}</style><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-inline">‹The <a href="/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">template</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Template:Plural_form" title="Template:Plural form">Plural form</a></i> is being <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_December_4#Template:Plural_form" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 December 4">considered for merging</a>.›</span> <abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr> <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">vættir</i></span>) means a being, especially a supernatural being. It occurs in compound nouns such as <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">mein-vættr</i></span> ("evil wight"), <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non"><a href="/wiki/Land-v%C3%A6ttr" class="mw-redirect" title="Land-vættr">land-vættr</a></i></span> ("guardian spirit of a country"), <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">vitta vettr</i></span> ("witch wight" or "sorceress") and <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">bjargvættr</i></span> ("helping sprite").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECV-Vættr_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECV-Vættr-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOID-Landvættr_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOID-Landvættr-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOID-Bjargvættr_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOID-Bjargvættr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_period">Modern period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Modern period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_English">Modern English</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Modern English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Modern_Fantasy">Modern Fantasy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Modern Fantasy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wights feature in <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien's</a> world of <a href="/wiki/Middle-earth" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a>, especially in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i>, and in <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin's</a> novel series <i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire" title="A Song of Ice and Fire">A Song of Ice and Fire</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartin533–536,_545–548_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartin533–536,_545–548-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> television series <i><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Since <a href="/wiki/Wight_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wight (Dungeons & Dragons)">its 1974 inclusion</a> in the RPG <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> (D&D), it has become a recurring form of <a href="/wiki/Undead" title="Undead">undead</a> in other fantasy games and mods, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade" title="Vampire: The Masquerade">Vampire: The Masquerade</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim" title="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Examples_of_usage">Examples of usage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Examples of usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Spenser" title="Edmund Spenser">Edmund Spenser</a>, <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene" class="extiw" title="s:The Faerie Queene">The Faerie Queene</a></i>, (1590–1596), I.i.6.8–9: <dl><dd>"That every <b>wight</b> to shrowd it did constrain,</dd> <dd>And this fair couple eke to shroud themselues were fain."</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor" class="extiw" title="s:The Merry Wives of Windsor">The Merry Wives of Windsor</a></i>, (c. 1602), Act I, Sc. III: <dl><dd>"O base Hungarian <b>wight</b>! wilt thou the spigot wield?"</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Othello" class="extiw" title="s:Othello">Othello</a></i>, (c. 1603), Act II, Sc. I: <dl><dd>"She was a wight, if ever such <b>wight</b> were"</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">John Milton</a>, <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_the_Death_of_a_Fair_Infant_Dying_of_a_Cough" class="extiw" title="s:On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough">On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough</a></i>, (1626), verse vi: <dl><dd>"Oh say me true if thou wert mortal <b>wight</b>..."</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Scots_Metrical_Psalter" class="mw-redirect" title="Scots Metrical Psalter">Scots Metrical Psalter</a></i>, (1650), Psalm 18 verse xxvi: <dl><dd>"froward thou kythst unto the froward <b>wight</b>..."</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wordsworth" title="William Wordsworth">William Wordsworth</a>, "To the Daisy" (1802) line 28: <dl><dd>Whole Summer-fields are thine by right;</dd> <dd>And Autumn, melancholy <b>wight</b>!</dd> <dd>Doth in thy crimson head delight</dd> <dd>When rains are on thee.</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Keats" title="John Keats">John Keats</a>, "<a href="/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_Sans_Merci" class="mw-redirect" title="La Belle Dame Sans Merci">La Belle Dame Sans Merci</a>", (1820): <dl><dd>Ah what can ail thee, wretched <b>wight</b>,</dd> <dd>Alone and palely loitering;</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Irving" title="Washington Irving">Washington Irving</a>, "<a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow" title="The Legend of Sleepy Hollow">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a>" (1820): <dl><dd>"In this by-place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy <b>wight</b> of the name of Ichabod Crane, who sojourned, or, as he expressed it, "tarried," in Sleepy Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity."</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gordon,_Lord_Byron" class="mw-redirect" title="George Gordon, Lord Byron">George Gordon, Lord Byron</a> (1812–1816), <i><a href="/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage" title="Childe Harold's Pilgrimage">Childe Harold's Pilgrimage</a> </i>Canto 1, verse : <dl><dd>Ah, me! in sooth he was a shamles <b>wight</b> ...".</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Greenslade_Murphy" title="Edwin Greenslade Murphy">Edwin Greenslade Murphy</a>, "Wot Won the Larst?", in <i>Dryblower’s Verses</i>, (1926): <dl><dd>From weedy little <b>wights</b> whose cigarettes</dd> <dd>Recall a badly-disinfected drain</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W.S._Gilbert" class="mw-redirect" title="W.S. Gilbert">W.S. Gilbert</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Princess_Ida" title="Princess Ida">Princess Ida</a>", (1883), a song sung by the character King Gama: <dl><dd>"Now when a <b>wight</b> sits up all night, ill natured jokes devising,<br />and all his wiles are met with smiles, it's hard, there's no disguising!"</dd></dl></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German">German</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A similar change of meaning can be seen in the <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> cognate <i>Wicht</i>, meaning a living human being, generally rather small, poor or miserable man (not woman). The word is somewhat old-fashioned in today's language, but it is still used and readily recognized in everyday speech.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The diminutive <i>Wichtel</i> refers to beings in folklore and fantasy, generally small, and often helpful, dwelling in or near human settlements, secretly doing work and helping the humans, somewhat similar to the more specific <i><a href="/wiki/Heinzelm%C3%A4nnchen" title="Heinzelmännchen">Heinzelmännchen</a>. Wichtel</i> in this sense is recorded since the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. Today, <i>Wichtel</i> is more often used than <i>Wicht</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dutch">Dutch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>wicht</i> can be used to refer, to any woman, often with negative connotations. It is not used to refer to men.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><i>Booswicht</i> (literally evil-being) matching 'villain', can be used to describe both men and women.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Germanic_languages">North Germanic languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: North Germanic languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Danish, the term <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">vætte</i></span> and the Norwegian cognate <span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">vette</i></span> typically refer to supernatural beings from folklore or a lesser god, especially those that live underground or near the home, such as <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)" title="Dwarf (folklore)">dwarfs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)" title="Nisse (folklore)">nisser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvætte_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvætte-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvette_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvette-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Swedish, <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">vätte</i></span> similarly typically refers to supernatural beings, often those that are small and resembling humans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvätte_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvätte-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A5" title="Rå">Rå</a>, spirits that protect natural features in later Scandinavian folklore</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/svetym/1267.html">"Vättern"</a>. <i>Runeberg.org</i>. Svensk etymologisk ordbok.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Runeberg.org&rft.atitle=V%C3%A4ttern&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fruneberg.org%2Fsvetym%2F1267.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWight" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESladeLine_120-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESladeLine_120_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSlade">Slade</a>, Line 120.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-wiht_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBT-wiht">BT-wiht</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-eall-wihta-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-eall-wihta_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBT-eall-wihta">BT-eall-wihta</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBT-á-wiht-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBT-á-wiht_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBT-á-wiht">BT-á-wiht</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilcox1996180-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilcox1996180_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilcox1996">Wilcox 1996</a>, p. 180.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESladeLines_120,_3038-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESladeLines_120,_3038_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSlade">Slade</a>, Lines 120, 3038.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:Reinders-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:Reinders_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReinders2024" class="citation book cs1">Reinders, Eric (2024). <i>Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy, and Translation</i>. Perspectives on Fantasy series. London, UK: <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury" title="Bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a> Academic. p. 110. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781350374645" title="Special:BookSources/9781350374645"><bdi>9781350374645</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Reading+Tolkien+in+Chinese%3A+Religion%2C+Fantasy%2C+and+Translation&rft.place=London%2C+UK&rft.series=Perspectives+on+Fantasy+series&rft.pages=110&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Academic&rft.date=2024&rft.isbn=9781350374645&rft.aulast=Reinders&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWight" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015182-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015182_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrell2015">Farrell 2015</a>, p. 182.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrell2015">Farrell 2015</a>, p. 184.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015186-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015186_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrell2015">Farrell 2015</a>, p. 186.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015180–182,_193-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015180–182,_193_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrell2015">Farrell 2015</a>, pp. 180–182, 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184–186-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrell2015184–186_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrell2015">Farrell 2015</a>, pp. 184–186.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECV-Vættr-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECV-Vættr_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCV-Vættr">CV-Vættr</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOID-Landvættr-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOID-Landvættr_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOID-Landvættr">OID-Landvættr</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOID-Bjargvættr-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOID-Bjargvættr_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOID-Bjargvættr">OID-Bjargvættr</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartin533–536,_545–548-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartin533–536,_545–548_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMartin">Martin</a>, pp. 533–536, 545–548.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62150117"><i>Sins of the blood</i></a>. McCoy, Angel., White Wolf Publishing. Clarkston, GA: White Wolf Pub. 2001. pp. 9, 17–24. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/158846217X" title="Special:BookSources/158846217X"><bdi>158846217X</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/62150117">62150117</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sins+of+the+blood&rft.place=Clarkston%2C+GA&rft.pages=9%2C+17-24&rft.pub=White+Wolf+Pub&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F62150117&rft.isbn=158846217X&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F62150117&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWight" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: others (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others" title="Category:CS1 maint: others">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvætte-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvætte_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvætte">vætte</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvette-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvette_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvette">vette</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvätte-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvätte_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvätte">vätte</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary">Primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wight&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin" class="citation book cs1">Martin. 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style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/%C3%86sir" title="Æsir">Ásynjur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hj%C3%BAki_and_Bil" title="Hjúki and Bil">Bil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eir" title="Eir">Eir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frigg" title="Frigg">Frigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulla" title="Fulla">Fulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gefjon" title="Gefjon">Gefjon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ger%C3%B0r" title="Gerðr">Gerðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gn%C3%A1_and_H%C3%B3fvarpnir" title="Gná and Hófvarpnir">Gná</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hl%C3%ADn" title="Hlín">Hlín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C3%B0unn" title="Iðunn">Iðunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilmr" title="Ilmr">Ilmr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorger%C3%B0r_H%C3%B6lgabr%C3%BA%C3%B0r_and_Irpa" title="Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa">Irpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lofn" title="Lofn">Lofn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanna_(Norse_deity)" title="Nanna (Norse deity)">Nanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nj%C3%B6run" title="Njörun">Njörun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1n" title="Rán">Rán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rindr" title="Rindr">Rindr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ga_and_S%C3%B6kkvabekkr" title="Sága and Sökkvabekkr">Sága</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sif" title="Sif">Sif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigyn" title="Sigyn">Sigyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sj%C3%B6fn" title="Sjöfn">Sjöfn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ska%C3%B0i" title="Skaði">Skaði</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snotra" title="Snotra">Snotra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B3l_(Germanic_mythology)" title="Sól (Germanic mythology)">Sól</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syn_(goddess)" title="Syn (goddess)">Syn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorger%C3%B0r_H%C3%B6lgabr%C3%BA%C3%B0r_and_Irpa" title="Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa">Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr</a></li> <li><a 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title="Njörðr">Njörðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister-wife_of_Nj%C3%B6r%C3%B0r" title="Sister-wife of Njörðr">Sister-wife of Njörðr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_j%C3%B6tnar_in_Norse_mythology" title="List of jötnar in Norse mythology">Jötnar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86gir" title="Ægir">Ægir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvaldi" title="Alvaldi">Alvaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angrbo%C3%B0a" title="Angrboða">Angrboða</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurbo%C3%B0a" title="Aurboða">Aurboða</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baugi" title="Baugi">Baugi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beli_(j%C3%B6tunn)" title="Beli (jötunn)">Beli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergelmir" title="Bergelmir">Bergelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bestla" title="Bestla">Bestla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6l%C3%BEorn" title="Bölþorn">Bölþorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BDleistr" title="Býleistr">Býleistr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg%C3%BE%C3%A9r" title="Eggþér">Eggþér</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1rbauti" title="Fárbauti">Fárbauti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fj%C3%B6lvar" title="Fjölvar">Fjölvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fornj%C3%B3t" title="Fornjót">Fornjót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangr" title="Gangr">Gangr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geirr%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Geirröðr">Geirröðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingr" title="Gillingr">Gillingr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gj%C3%A1lp_and_Greip" title="Gjálp and Greip">Gjálp and Greip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%AD%C3%B0r" title="Gríðr">Gríðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnl%C3%B6%C3%B0" title="Gunnlöð">Gunnlöð</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymir_(father_of_Ger%C3%B0r)" title="Gymir (father of Gerðr)">Gymir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har%C3%B0greipr" title="Harðgreipr">Harðgreipr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helblindi" title="Helblindi">Helblindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helreginn" title="Helreginn">Helreginn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hljod" title="Hljod">Hljod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%A6svelgr" title="Hræsvelgr">Hræsvelgr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%ADmger%C3%B0r" title="Hrímgerðr">Hrímgerðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%ADmgr%C3%ADmnir" title="Hrímgrímnir">Hrímgrímnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%ADmnir" title="Hrímnir">Hrímnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hro%C3%B0r" title="Hroðr">Hroðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrungnir" title="Hrungnir">Hrungnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrymr" title="Hrymr">Hrymr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymir" title="Hymir">Hymir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrrokkin" title="Hyrrokkin">Hyrrokkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C3%B0i" title="Iði">Iði</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dm" title="Ím">Ím</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1rnsaxa" title="Járnsaxa">Járnsaxa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laufey_(mythology)" title="Laufey (mythology)">Laufey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leikn" title="Leikn">Leikn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litr" title="Litr">Litr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logi_(mythology)" title="Logi (mythology)">Logi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B6g%C3%BErasir" title="Mögþrasir">Mögþrasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narfi" title="Narfi">Narfi (father of Nott)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6kkm%C3%ADmir" title="Sökkmímir">Sökkmímir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surtr" title="Surtr">Surtr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suttungr" title="Suttungr">Suttungr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ejazi" title="Þjazi">Þjazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B6kk" title="Þökk">Þökk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%ADvaldi" title="Þrívaldi">Þrívaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0gelmir" title="Þrúðgelmir">Þrúðgelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Erymr" title="Þrymr">Þrymr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0a-Loki" title="Útgarða-Loki">Útgarða-Loki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nir" title="Vafþrúðnir">Vafþrúðnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%AD%C3%B0blindi" title="Víðblindi">Víðblindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vosud" title="Vosud">Vosud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6rnir" title="Vörnir">Vörnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ymir" title="Ymir">Ymir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dwarfs_in_Norse_mythology" title="List of dwarfs in Norse mythology">Dwarfs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alv%C3%ADss" title="Alvíss">Alvíss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andvari" title="Andvari">Andvari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austri,_Vestri,_Nor%C3%B0ri_and_Su%C3%B0ri" title="Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri">Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billingr" title="Billingr">Billingr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1inn_(Norse_dwarf)" title="Dáinn (Norse dwarf)">Dáinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durinn" title="Durinn">Durinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BArnir" title="Dúrnir">Dúrnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dvalinn" title="Dvalinn">Dvalinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1fnir" title="Fáfnir">Fáfnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fjalar_and_Galar" title="Fjalar and Galar">Fjalar and Galar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandalf_(mythology)" title="Gandalf (mythology)">Gandalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrei%C3%B0marr" title="Hreiðmarr">Hreiðmarr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litr" title="Litr">Litr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3tsognir" title="Mótsognir">Mótsognir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93tr" title="Ótr">Ótr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regin" title="Regin">Regin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Ivaldi" title="Sons of Ivaldi">Sons of Ivaldi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brokkr" title="Brokkr">Brokkr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eitri" title="Eitri">Eitri</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Germanic_heroic_legend" title="Germanic heroic legend">Heroes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="Lists of figures in Germanic heroic legend">List of figures in Germanic heroic legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_A" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A"> A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_B%E2%80%93C" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C"> B–C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_D%E2%80%93E" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E"> D–E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_F%E2%80%93G" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, F–G"> F–G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_H%E2%80%93He" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, H–He"> H–He</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_Hi%E2%80%93Hy" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, Hi–Hy"> Hi–Hy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_I%E2%80%93O" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, I–O"> I–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_P%E2%80%93S" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, P–S"> P–S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_T%E2%80%93Y" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, T–Y"> T–Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people,_clan,_and_place_names_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="List of people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend">people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_named_animals_and_plants_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend">named animals and plants </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_named_weapons,_armour_and_treasures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="List of named weapons, armour and treasures in Germanic heroic legend">named weapons, armour and treasures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ask_and_Embla" title="Ask and Embla">Ask and Embla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Au%C3%B0r_(mythology)" title="Auðr (mythology)">Auðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Au%C3%B0umbla" title="Auðumbla">Auðumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurvandill" title="Aurvandill">Aurvandill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyla" title="Beyla">Beyla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borr" title="Borr">Borr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BAri" title="Búri">Búri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byggvir" title="Byggvir">Byggvir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%ADs" title="Dís">Dísir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Landd%C3%ADsir" title="Landdísir">Landdísir</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_dragon" title="Germanic dragon">Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Draugs">Draugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Einherjar" title="Einherjar">Einherjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldir" title="Eldir">Eldir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">Elves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar" title="Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar">Dark elves (Dökkálfar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar" title="Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar">Light elves (Ljósálfar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svart%C3%A1lfar" title="Svartálfar">Black elves (Svartálfar)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimafeng" title="Fimafeng">Fimafeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fjalar_(rooster)" title="Fjalar (rooster)">Fjalar (rooster)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenrir" title="Fenrir">Fenrir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fj%C3%B6rgyn_and_Fj%C3%B6rgynn" title="Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn">Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fylgja" title="Fylgja">Fylgja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garmr" title="Garmr">Garmr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullinbursti" title="Gullinbursti">Gullinbursti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hati_Hr%C3%B3%C3%B0vitnisson" title="Hati Hróðvitnisson">Hati Hróðvitnisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being)" title="Hel (mythological being)">Hel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildisv%C3%ADni" class="mw-redirect" title="Hildisvíni">Hildisvíni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hj%C3%BAki_and_Bil" title="Hjúki and Bil">Hjúki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horses_of_the_%C3%86sir" title="Horses of the Æsir">Horses of the Æsir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81rvakr_and_Alsvi%C3%B0r" title="Árvakr and Alsviðr">Árvakr and Alsviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%B3%C3%B0ugh%C3%B3fi" title="Blóðughófi">Blóðughófi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falh%C3%B3fnir" title="Falhófnir">Falhófnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%ADsl" class="mw-redirect" title="Gísl">Gísl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gla%C3%B0r" title="Glaðr">Glaðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gl%C3%A6r" title="Glær">Glær</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenr" title="Glenr">Glenr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grani" title="Grani">Grani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullfaxi" title="Gullfaxi">Gullfaxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulltoppr" title="Gulltoppr">Gulltoppr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyllir" title="Gyllir">Gyllir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamskerpir_and_Gar%C3%B0rofa" title="Hamskerpir and Garðrofa">Hamskerpir and Garðrofa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gn%C3%A1_and_H%C3%B3fvarpnir" title="Gná and Hófvarpnir">Hófvarpnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinfaxi_and_Hr%C3%ADmfaxi" title="Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi">Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleipnir" title="Sleipnir">Sleipnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sva%C3%B0ilfari" title="Svaðilfari">Svaðilfari</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6r%C3%B0" title="Jörð">Jörð</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr" title="Jörmungandr">Jörmungandr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADf_and_L%C3%ADfthrasir" class="mw-redirect" title="Líf and Lífthrasir">Líf and Lífthrasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loddf%C3%A1fnir" title="Loddfáfnir">Loddfáfnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0gu%C3%B0r" title="Móðguðr">Móðguðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Daughters_of_%C3%86gir_and_R%C3%A1n" title="Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán">Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Mothers_of_Heimdallr" title="Nine Mothers of Heimdallr">Nine Mothers of Heimdallr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narfi_(son_of_Loki)" title="Narfi (son of Loki)">Narfi (son of Loki)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%AD%C3%B0h%C3%B6ggr" title="Níðhöggr">Níðhöggr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norns" title="Norns">Norns</a></li> <li>Personifications <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dagr" title="Dagr">Dagr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elli" title="Elli">Elli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3tt" title="Nótt">Nótt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumarr_and_Vetr" title="Sumarr and Vetr">Sumarr and Vetr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A6hr%C3%ADmnir" title="Sæhrímnir">Sæhrímnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%ADrnir" title="Skírnir">Skírnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%B6ll" title="Sköll">Sköll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shield-maiden" title="Shield-maiden">Shield-maiden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanngrisnir_and_Tanngnj%C3%B3str" title="Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr">Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troll" title="Troll">Troll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%A1lfi_and_R%C3%B6skva" title="Þjálfi and Röskva">Þjálfi and Röskva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6ttir" class="mw-redirect" title="Vættir">Vættir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Landv%C3%A6ttir" title="Landvættir">Landvættir</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1li_(son_of_Loki)" title="Váli (son of Loki)">Váli (son of Loki)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valkyrie" title="Valkyrie">Valkyries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland_the_Smith" title="Wayland the Smith">Völundr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6r%C3%B0r" title="Vörðr">Vörðr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Locations_in_Norse_mythology" title="Category:Locations in Norse mythology">Locations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Underworld</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hel_(location)" title="Hel (location)">Hel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lj%C3%BA%C3%B0nir" title="Éljúðnir">Éljúðnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gjallarbr%C3%BA" title="Gjallarbrú">Gjallarbrú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A1str%C3%B6nd" title="Náströnd">Náströnd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niflhel" title="Niflhel">Niflhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C3%B0afj%C3%B6ll" title="Niðafjöll">Niðafjöll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89liv%C3%A1gar" title="Élivágar">Élivágar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gj%C3%B6ll" title="Gjöll">Gjöll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dfingr" title="Ífingr">Ífingr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerlaugar" title="Kerlaugar">Kerlaugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6rmt_and_%C3%96rmt" title="Körmt and Örmt">Körmt and Örmt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slidr_River" title="Slidr River">Slidr River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadgelmir" title="Vadgelmir">Vadgelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimur_River" title="Vimur River">Vimur River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Other locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asgard" title="Asgard">Asgard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amsvartnir" title="Amsvartnir">Amsvartnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andlang" title="Andlang">Andlang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barri" title="Barri">Barri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st" title="Bifröst">Bifröst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilskirnir" title="Bilskirnir">Bilskirnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A1vellir" title="Brávellir">Brávellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brimir" title="Brimir">Brimir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fensalir" title="Fensalir">Fensalir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%B3lkvangr" title="Fólkvangr">Fólkvangr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signhildsberg" title="Signhildsberg">Fornsigtuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyrisvellir" title="Fyrisvellir">Fyrisvellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A1lgvi%C3%B0r" title="Gálgviðr">Gálgviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandvik" title="Gandvik">Gandvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastropnir" title="Gastropnir">Gastropnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giml%C3%A9" title="Gimlé">Gimlé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginnungagap" title="Ginnungagap">Ginnungagap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gla%C3%B0sheimr" title="Glaðsheimr">Glaðsheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gl%C3%A6sisvellir" title="Glæsisvellir">Glæsisvellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glitnir" class="mw-redirect" title="Glitnir">Glitnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnipahellir" title="Gnipahellir">Gnipahellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grove_of_fetters" class="mw-redirect" title="Grove of fetters">Grove of fetters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hei%C3%B0r" title="Heiðr">Heiðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himinbj%C3%B6rg" title="Himinbjörg">Himinbjörg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindarfjall" title="Hindarfjall">Hindarfjall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hlidskjalf" title="Hlidskjalf">Hlidskjalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hnitbjorg" title="Hnitbjorg">Hnitbjorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoddm%C3%ADmis_holt" title="Hoddmímis holt">Hoddmímis holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C3%B0av%C3%B6llr" title="Iðavöllr">Iðavöllr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1rnvi%C3%B0r" title="Járnviðr">Járnviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6tunheimr" title="Jötunheimr">Jötunheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADmamei%C3%B0r" title="Mímameiðr">Mímameiðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrkvi%C3%B0r" title="Myrkviðr">Myrkviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munarv%C3%A1gr" title="Munarvágr">Munarvágr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3at%C3%BAn_(mythology)" title="Nóatún (mythology)">Nóatún</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okolnir" title="Okolnir">Okolnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sessr%C3%BAmnir" title="Sessrúmnir">Sessrúmnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindri_(mythology)" title="Sindri (mythology)">Sindri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singasteinn" title="Singasteinn">Singasteinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0heimr" title="Þrúðheimr">Þrúðheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0vangr" title="Þrúðvangr">Þrúðvangr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Erymheimr" title="Þrymheimr">Þrymheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamla_Uppsala" title="Gamla Uppsala">Uppsala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0ar" title="Útgarðar">Útgarðar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valaskj%C3%A1lf" title="Valaskjálf">Valaskjálf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valhalla" title="Valhalla">Valhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaheimr" title="Vanaheimr">Vanaheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%AD%C3%B0bl%C3%A1inn" title="Víðbláinn">Víðbláinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADgr%C3%AD%C3%B0r" title="Vígríðr">Vígríðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ving%C3%B3lf" title="Vingólf">Vingólf</a></li> <li>Wells <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hvergelmir" title="Hvergelmir">Hvergelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADmisbrunnr" title="Mímisbrunnr">Mímisbrunnr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ur%C3%B0arbrunnr" title="Urðarbrunnr">Urðarbrunnr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ddalir" title="Ýdalir">Ýdalir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yggdrasil" title="Yggdrasil">Yggdrasil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Events_in_Norse_mythology" title="Category:Events in Norse mythology">Events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86sir%E2%80%93Vanir_War" title="Æsir–Vanir War">Æsir–Vanir War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbulwinter" title="Fimbulwinter">Fimbulvetr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%B3%C3%B0i%27s_Peace" title="Fróði's Peace">Fróði's Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hja%C3%B0ningav%C3%ADg" title="Hjaðningavíg">Hjaðningavíg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k" title="Ragnarök">Ragnarök</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" title="Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edda" title="Edda">Edda</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Poetic_Edda" title="Poetic Edda">Poetic Edda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prose_Edda" title="Prose Edda">Prose Edda</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runestone" title="Runestone">Runestones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga" title="Saga">Sagas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3msv%C3%ADkinga_saga" title="Jómsvíkinga saga">Jómsvíkinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendary_saga" title="Legendary saga">Legendary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrfing_Cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrfing Cycle">Tyrfing Cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lsung_Cycle" title="Völsung Cycle">Völsung Cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_orthography" title="Old Norse orthography">Orthography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology_in_popular_culture" title="Norse mythology in popular culture">Later influence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Religious practice</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphic_wooden_cult_figurines_of_Central_and_Northern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe">Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%B3t" title="Blót">Blót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathen_hof" title="Heathen hof">Hof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heitstrenging" title="Heitstrenging">Heitstrenging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horses_in_Germanic_paganism" title="Horses in Germanic paganism">Horses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6rgr" title="Hörgr">Hörgr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norse_rituals" title="Norse rituals">Worship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96ndvegiss%C3%BAlur" title="Öndvegissúlur">Öndvegissúlur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginnaglar" title="Reginnaglar">Reginnaglar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology" title="Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology">Sacred trees and groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonarg%C3%B6ltr" title="Sonargöltr">Sonargöltr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala" title="Temple at Uppsala">Temple at Uppsala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Vé">Vé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wetlands_and_islands_in_Germanic_paganism" title="Wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism">Wetlands and islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Festivals and holy periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lfabl%C3%B3t" title="Álfablót">Álfablót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%ADsabl%C3%B3t" title="Dísablót">Dísablót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic calendar">Germanic calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorrabl%C3%B3t" title="Þorrablót">Þorrablót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetrn%C3%A6tr" class="mw-redirect" title="Vetrnætr">Vetrnætr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_in_Norse_paganism" title="Death in Norse paganism">Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ergi" title="Ergi">Ergi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lag" title="Félag">Félag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galdr" title="Galdr">Galdr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothi" title="Gothi">Goði</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamingja" title="Hamingja">Hamingja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heiti" title="Heiti">Heiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenning" title="Kenning">Kenning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mead_hall" title="Mead hall">Mead hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%AB%C3%BE" class="mw-redirect" title="Nīþ">Nīþ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norse_cosmology" title="Norse cosmology">Norse cosmology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numbers_in_Norse_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbers in Norse mythology">Numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_philosophy" title="Old Norse philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rings_in_Germanic_cultures" class="mw-redirect" title="Rings in Germanic cultures">Rings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runes" class="mw-redirect" title="Runes">Runes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sei%C3%B0r" title="Seiðr">Seiðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skald" title="Skald">Skald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_Age" title="Viking Age">Viking Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lva" class="mw-redirect" title="Völva">Völva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_paganism" title="Germanic paganism">Germanic paganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)" title="Heathenry (new religious movement)">Heathenry (new religious movement)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age" title="Nordic Bronze Age">Nordic Bronze Age</a></li></ul> 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