entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_NORF_DRAUGR,Draugr,,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,undead; grave-dweller; barrow-revenant,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The animated, malevolent walking dead (aptrgangr, haugbui) of the Icelandic family sagas (e.g. Glamr in Grettis saga, Kar the Old, Thorolf in Eyrbyggja saga); a corporeal revenant guarding its barrow. Attested in saga literature; treated extensively by Simek and Lindow.",spirit
ENT_NORF_FYLGJA,Fylgja,,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,fetch; follower-spirit; personal guardian; soul-double,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The 'fetch' or following-spirit attached to a person or family, appearing in dreams as an animal (representing temperament) or as a tutelary woman (kynfylgja/dis); its appearance often portends death. Attested across the sagas (Njals saga, Gisla saga). Discussed by Simek and Lindow.",spirit
ENT_NORF_HULDRA,Huldra,,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,forest seductress; hidden-folk woman; alluring danger,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The beautiful forest-dwelling female being of later Norwegian/Swedish folklore (huldra/skogsra), recognizable by a cow's tail or hollow back, who lures herdsmen and woodsmen; one of the huldufolk ('hidden people'). Post-medieval folk tradition rather than eddic; documented by Simek.",spirit
ENT_NORF_MARA,Mara,,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,nightmare-spirit; sleep oppression; riding the sleeper,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The night-spirit that sits upon and 'rides' the sleeper, causing the oppressive nightmare (the word's root, ON mara > Eng. nightmare); blamed in Ynglinga saga for the death of King Vanlandi. Cross-links to the contemporary sleep-paralysis Old Hag tradition. Attested in saga and pan-Germanic folklore; treated by Simek.",spirit
ENT_NORF_NISSE,Nisse / Tomte,,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,farm-spirit; household guardian; luck of the homestead,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The small farm/household guardian spirit (Norwegian/Danish nisse, Swedish tomte/tomtenisse, gardvord), who protects and brings luck to the farmstead in exchange for offerings (porridge with butter) but turns spiteful if neglected; linked to the founding ancestor. Post-medieval Scandinavian folk belief; documented by Simek and Lindow.",spirit
ENT_NORF_NOKK,Nokk / Nacken,,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,water-spirit; rivers and lakes; drowning; musician,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The shape-shifting freshwater spirit (Norwegian nokk/nokken, Swedish nacken, Danish nokke) of rivers, lakes and waterfalls, often a fiddle-playing male who lures victims to drown; cognate with the Germanic nixe/Nix. Post-medieval Scandinavian folk tradition; documented by Simek.",spirit
ENT_NORF_TROLL,Troll (folklore class),,Germanic/Norse,Folkloric being,Folkloric being,wilderness monster; mountain/forest dweller; the menacing other,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"The troll as a folklore CLASS of malevolent, often man-eating wilderness beings of later Scandinavian tradition (mountain- and forest-trolls, turned to stone by sunlight), distinct from but historically continuous with the eddic jotnar/thurses (the saga 'troll' sense). Listed as folklore class to avoid conflation with ENT_NOR_JOTNAR; documented by Simek and Lindow.",spirit
ENT_NOR_ALVISS,Alvíss,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,wisdom; the cosmic name-lore,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Alvissmal,0,0,0,"The all-wise dwarf who, claiming Thor's daughter, is kept talking until the sunrise turns him to stone.",spirit
ENT_NOR_ANDVARI,Andvari,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,the cursed gold; the ring Andvaranaut,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Reginsmal; Voluspa,2,0,0,"The dwarf who dwells as a pike under a waterfall, whose cursed gold and ring Andvaranaut Loki seizes.",spirit
ENT_NOR_BROKKR,Brokkr,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,smithing; the forging of the gods' treasures,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal,2,0,0,"A dwarf smith who, with his brother Sindri/Eitri, forges Mjollnir, Draupnir and Gullinbursti in a wager with Loki.",spirit
ENT_NOR_DURINN,Durinn,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,the shaping of the dwarf-race,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Voluspa 10,2,0,0,"The ""second"" dwarf, who with Motsognir shapes the race of dwarves from the earth.",spirit
ENT_NOR_DVALINN,Dvalinn,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,smithing; runes,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Voluspa 14; Havamal 143,2,0,0,"A leading dwarf of the Dvergatal, associated with runes and the crafting of treasures.",spirit
ENT_NOR_FJALAR_DWARF,Fjalar,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,the brewing of the Mead of Poetry,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal,0,0,0,"A dwarf who, with Galar, murders Kvasir and brews the Mead of Poetry from his blood. (Distinct from the giant and the cock of the same name.)",spirit
ENT_NOR_GALAR,Galar,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,the brewing of the Mead of Poetry,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal,0,0,0,"The dwarf who, with Fjalar, kills Kvasir and brews the Mead of Poetry.",spirit
ENT_NOR_KVASIR,Kvasir,,Germanic/Norse,Wisdom being,Origin of the mead of poetry,wisdom; the mead of poetry,,Norse,,A,candidate_verified_name,Wisdom-being,0,0,0,"The wisest of beings, born of the gods' truce, from whose blood the mead of poetry was made.",spirit
ENT_NOR_LOKI,Loki,,Germanic/Norse,Trickster/adversarial being,Trickster Figure,trickery; shapeshifting; disorder; liminality,,Norse/Germanic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Norse core figure,2,0,0,Trickster and liminal/adversarial figure.,spirit
ENT_NOR_MIMIR,Mimir,,Germanic/Norse,Wisdom being,Guardian of the well of wisdom,wisdom; counsel; the well beneath Yggdrasil,,Norse,,A,candidate_verified_name,Wisdom-being,0,0,0,"The wise being of the well beneath Yggdrasil, whose severed head still counsels Odin.",spirit
ENT_NOR_MOTSOGNIR,Mótsognir,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,the first and greatest of dwarves,,mythological,,B,candidate_verified_name,Voluspa 10,2,0,0,The first and greatest of the dwarves in the Dvergatal.,spirit
ENT_NOR_SINDRI,Sindri,,Germanic/Norse,Dwarf,Dwarves,smithing; the forging of Mjollnir,,mythological,,A,candidate_verified_name,Skaldskaparmal,2,0,0,The dwarf smith (Eitri) who forges the gods' treasures while his brother Brokkr works the bellows.,spirit