skuggabaldur

Icelandic

Etymology

From skugga (“of shadows”) the genitive of skuggi (“a shadow”) and Baldur (“a male given name”).

Noun

skuggabaldur m (genitive singular skuggabaldurs, nominative plural skuggabaldrar)

  1. (mythology) a creature from Icelandic folk belief who is the offspring of a tomcat (a male cat) and a vixen (female fox) or a bitch (female dog)
  2. an evil spirit
  3. an evildoer who anonymously commits outrages or evil deeds; a sneak

See also
  • illur andi
  • myrkramaður
  • læðupoki
  • skoffín
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