fylgja
Sign in to saveIn Nordic folklore and mythology, a fylgja (Old Norse: , Old Swedish: fylghia, older Dalecarlian: fylgja) is a supernatural being or spirit which accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune. They can appear to people in their sleep as dream-women, or appear to them while awake, often in the disembodied spiritual form of an enemy.
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It sits within the topics Creatures in Norse mythology, Danish folklore and Destiny.
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14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Placenta origins
- Animal forms
- Occurrences
- Sleep and dreams
- Waking appearances
- Folktales
- Skotta and móri
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
In Nordic folklore and mythology, a fylgja (Old Norse: , Old Swedish: fylghia, older Dalecarlian: fylgja) is a supernatural being or spirit which accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune. They can appear to people in their sleep as dream-women, or appear to them while awake, often in the disembodied spiritual form of an enemy.
==Etymology== The word means "to accompany". The term fylgja is typically translated into English as "fetch", a similar being from Irish folklore.
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