forgotten realms – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Bear-Making Lady

Some years ago, I came up with the idea of writing one mythology-themed post every week. Obviously I’ve missed some weeks, but the feature has persisted. I’ve only scratched the surface as far as world mythology goes, but it’s much … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Finnish, Games, Mythology | Tagged bears, dungeons and dragons, forests, forgotten realms, honey, kalevala, lemminkainen, mielikki, nyyrikki, otso, tapio, thousand daughters of creation, trees, tuulikki, ukko |

Drow Something

As I said in my last post, it’s difficult to determine exactly how Dark Elves fit into Norse mythology, as information about them is scant. Snorri Sturluson mentions the Ljosalfar (Light Elves) and Dokkalfar (Dark Elves), claiming that the former … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Celtic, Characters, Comics, Final Fantasy, Games, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged 8-bit theater, alfheim, astos, Black Elves, brokkr, dark elves, dokkalfar, drizz'l, drizzt do'urden, drow, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, elves, final fantasy iv, forgotten realms, frank joslyn baum, freyr, gary gygax, ivaldi, kaliko, light elves, ljosalfar, marvel comics, odin, prince flash, prince twilight, santa claus, sif, sindri, snorri sturluson, svartalfar, svartalfheim, the laughing dragon of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the tik-tok man of oz, troia |