Vættir
nature_spirit earth Norse single tradition · 5
Nature spirits from Norse tradition that inhabit the natural world and embody various aspects of the landscape and environment.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- land-vættir, Hiisi, bergsrå, haltija, landdísir, guardian angel, Fylgja, Hamingja, Freyja, Hildisvíni, Frigg, Heimdallr, Óttar, Vetala, Varaha, Vadātājs, Vahana, Vaibhavi, Valkyrie, Vâlvă, Valravn, Vampire, Vanara, Vântoase, Vârcolac, Vardøger, Vedrfolnir, Veļi, Věri Şělen, Víbria, Vila, Vilkacis, Viruñas, Vision Serpent, Vishap, Vitore, Víðópnir, Vodyanoy, Vrykolakas, Vucub-Caquix, Kami, Gabriel, Raphael, Michael, Thor, Njörðr, Loki
- equivalent to
- rår, Landvættir
- cognate of
- Skogsrå
Mentioned by
- Vetala
- Varaha
- Vadātājs
- Vahana
- Vaibhavi
- Valkyrie
- Vâlvă
- Valravn
- Vampire
- Vanara
- Vântoase
- Vârcolac
- Vardøger
- Vedrfolnir
- Veļi
- Věri Şělen
and 19 more
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“Vættir (Norse) – Nature spirit”
#5580 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Vættr (pl. Vættir) can be translated as "wight" or "being" and is derived from Proto-West Germanic '*wihti' from Proto-Germanic: *wihtiz from Proto-Indo-European: '*wekti' ("cause, sake, thing"), from Proto-Indo-European "*wekʷ-”
#7250 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vættir, landvættir, for nature spirits and even gods in Norse mythology and religion”
#7347 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Fylgja Hamingja Landdisir Landvættir Vættir”
#9113 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In thanks, Borgny invokes vættir, Frigg, Freyja, and other unspecified deities.”
#12624 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5