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role in Germanic religion
- In Germanic religion and mythology: Guardian spirits
…good deal is told of land spirits (landvœttir). According to the pre-Christian law of Iceland, no one must approach the land in a ship bearing a dragonhead, lest he frighten the land spirits. An Icelandic poet, cursing the king and queen of Norway, enjoined the landvœttir to drive them from…
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