Vardøger
Vardøger, also known as vardyvle or vardyger, is a spirit predecessor in
Scandinavian folklore.[1]
Stories typically include instances that are nearly
Finnish folklore, the concept is known as etiäinen
.
Originally, vardøger was considered a fylgja, a sort of guardian spirit.[2][3] Thus, a vardöger is the representation of a human's inner essence, which manifests as an animal that most closely resembles the personality of the human.
Etymology
Vardøgr is a Norwegian word defined as ‘‘premonitory sound or sight of a person before he arrives’’. It can also be interpreted as "harbinger". The word vardøger is from Old Norse varðhygi, consisting of the elements vǫrð, "guard, watchman" (akin to "warden") and hugr, "mind" or "soul".
References
- ^ vardøger (Store norske leksikon. fagkonsulent for denne artikkelen var Olav Bø)
- ^ "The Vardogr, Perhaps Another Indicator of the Non-Locality of Consciousness (L. David Leiter, Journal of Scienti c Exploration, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 621–634, 2002)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
- ISBN 82-02-11190-0.
Other sources
- ISBN 978-0140136272
- Kvideland, Reimund; Henning K. Sehmsdorf (1989) Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend (University of Minnesota Press) ISBN 9780816615032
- McKinnell, John (2005) Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend (D.S. Brewer, Cambridge) ISBN 978-1843840428
- Orchard, Andy (1997) Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend (Cassell & Co) ISBN 0-304-34520-2
- Pulsiano, Phillip; Kirsten Wolf (1993) Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia (Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages) ISBN 978-0824047870
- ISBN 0-85991-513-1
- ISBN 978-1-57859-401-6
Further reading
- Doubles: The Enigma of the Second Self, Rodney Davies, 1998, ISBN 0-7090-6118-8
- Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals, Rupert Sheldrake, 2000, ISBN 0-609-80533-9
- Phone Calls From the Dead [chapter on "intention" phone calls], ISBN 0-425-04559-5
External links
- "Miracles examined from a Fortean perspective". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
- Llewellyn Unconscious in the Astral