Landvættir
nature_spirit earth Old Nordic religion single tradition · 6
Landvættir are Norse nature spirits.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from Old Norse religion to modern Heathenry.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Langmeidong, Lares, La Sayona, La Tunda, Laukų dvasios, Lauma, Leanan sidhe, Leimoniads, Leszi, Leuce, Leyak, Lidérc, Lietuvēns, Likho, Lilin, Lilitu, Limnades, Ljósálfar, Ljubi, Lo-lol, Lóng, Loogaroo, Lugat, Lui-kong-tsiau, Luison, Lusca, Lutin, Lynx, great bird, bergrisi, óvættir, spámaðr, álfar, Hiisi, Skogsrå, bergsrå, haltija, landdísir, guardian angel, Fylgja, Hamingja, Tomte, Zashiki-warashi, Jinushigami, Dizhu shen, Seonangshin, Cheng Huang Gong, Tu Di Gong, Longma, lamassu, Leviathan, Loki, Luduan, La Llorona, Lightning Bird, Lubber fiend, Laelaps, Lamia, La-bar-tu, Labbu, Lady midday, Ladon, Lakanica, Lakhey, Lamiak, La Mojana, Lampades, dragon, Kami, Gabriel, Raphael, Michael, Tuatha Dé Danann, jinn, Ra
- cognate of
- rår
- equivalent to
- Vættir
- allied with
- elves, dwarfs, large bull
- syncretized with
- bergbúi
Mentioned by
- lamassu
- Leviathan
- Loki
- Luduan
- La Llorona
- Lightning Bird
- Lubber fiend
- Laelaps
- Lamia
- La-bar-tu
- Labbu
- Lady midday
- Ladon
- Lakanica
- Lakhey
- Lamiak
and 14 more
Sources
Source passages
“Landvættir (Norse) – Nature spirits”
#4846 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Landvættir have been argued to not have had any role in Nordic mythology as they are not mentioned in any Eddic material. Jörmundur Ingi Hansen, former High Priest of the Ásatrúarfélagið, said that landvættir are "spirits and they in some way control the safety of the land, the fertility of the land, and so on."”
#7266 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vættir, landvættir, for nature spirits and even gods in Norse mythology and religion”
#7348 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Fylgja Hamingja Landdisir Landvættir Vættir”
#9112 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Landvættir”
#9450 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001