Talk:Vættir

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[edit] Landvættir vs. huldufólk

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)