>> I've been looking at old norse words for god and spirit, but old norse
>> dictionaries aren't that easy to find.
> I think nature spirits (and just about all spirits in old norse lore are
> nature spirits) were usually called alfr or vettr
I am not entirely convinced of the spiritual nature of alfer or vettar. On the other hand, real-world mythological beings did not evolve out of a need to classify them in Hero Wars terms. :-)
> Anglo-Saxons dealt with spirits based around the concepts of 'wyrd' and
> life-force or breath, neither unfamiliar to your average Heortling.
In fact, the modern Swedish word for spirit (ande) also means breath.
>It [deva] is an experimental HW term for minor godlings, because of the
> considerable protest about the word daimone.
FWIW I most certainly like the term deva.
Best regards,
/Peter Nordstrand
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