Talk:Vættir

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I am Icelandic and I have never seen "landvættir" used as a synonym for "huldufólk". I therefore removed a part where this was stated. --Heida Maria 02:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible from old Norse/Icelandic texts (so not common) but still exists? because I have a published reference that refers to them. Goldenrowley 15:11, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Im a folklorist at the university of Iceland and i have never seen huldufólk or the hidden people and vættir put together. they have in many folktales a likness in task but are not the same. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.213.141.154 (talk) 21:42, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Originally, vættir simply means 'beings' or creatures. Even the gods are called vættir, and the Old Norse term was equivalent to what we would call 'nature spirits'. As this term has evolved to mean a specific kind of nature spirit, it would be helpful to cite sources that describe precisely what this later concept of creature is, and in what ways it is distinct from other nature spirits. Are you referring to the distinction between a huldra (a kind of beautiful troll with a tail) versus the huldrefolk (the 'hidden people' deriving from Old Norse huldufolk)? In Norwegian folklore, the hulderfolk are equivalent to landvættir, and are also called underjordiske the 'undergrounders' or haugfolk the 'grave-mound folk', all of these concepts deriving from the Norse concept of dvergar. --Haldrik (talk) 22:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article contains too many factual errors to be of useful.The mentioned issue previously pointed out here is one,but there are more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asabragr (talk • contribs) 17:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article, if appropriate per above etc, should be moved to a singular noun title, per WP:NAME. ENeville (talk) 16:40, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, this article contains zero in-line citations and is altogether a mess. Secondly, for some reason we currently have another article about the same subject; wight. These subjects need to be handled together. This is a very rich and, in my opinion, very interesting subject. I'll get around to rewriting it in time, but if someone wants to take my place, please go ahead. :bloodofox: (talk) 10:06, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I edited out "People continue to report sightings of Trollir, Álfafólk, sea serpents, and so on, in a way similar to sightings of ghosts and UFOs in other Western cultures." Because the sightings of Vættir in Iceland is part of old mythology while UFO sightings are rooted in modern culture coming from tv, magazines, internet and so on —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.89.130 (talk) 09:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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