House Wights & Landvaettir – Lesson Three Part 4
House Wights House wights or, house ghosts, are helpful or harmful unseen creatures inhabiting the houses of humans. In Norway they are known as tussen, in Denmark nissen, in Germany kobolds, in [...]
Elves or Alfar – Lesson Three Part 3
Continuing with the topic of wights, are the alfar or elves. They include light elves, dark elves and black, or svart elves. Light Elves The light elves, or light alfar, whom some think are ruled [...]
Disir – Lesson Three Part 2
Disir – female ancestors The disir, or idises, are the souls of the female family line, often thought of as the elder mothers. The term ‘dis’ can refer to human women, female ghosts, [...]
Wights – Etins – Lesson Three Part 1
Wights Wights is a word of Germanic origin that means creature. All creaturely things can be considered wights, including humans. However, it is commonly used in Heathenry to describe spirits, [...]
