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Scandinavian folklore or Nordic folklore is the folklore of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, and the Faroe Islands. Collecting folklore began when Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden sent out instructions to all of the priests in all of the parishes to collect the folklore of their area in the 1630s. They collected customs, beliefs that were not sanctioned by the church, and other traditional material. In Scandinavia, the term 'folklore' is not often used in academic circles; instead terms such as ''Folketro'' (folk belief; older Almuetro) or ''Folkesagn'' (folktales) have been coined. In common speech, it is simply referred to as ''den Gamle Tro'' (the old belief), or perhaps ''sæd skik og brug'' (customs, the way). It evolved from Norse paganism, and it is in technical terms labelled low-mythology, while the Norse mythology is called high-mythology. High-mythology builds on low-mythology in its parts. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are not part of Scandinavia (although they are Nordic countries), but should nevertheless be regarded as Scandinavian in folkloric terms. Because of their common Germanic origin, Scandinavian folklore shows a large correspondence with folklores elsewhere, such as England and Germany, among others. Most of what has survived there might be found, of a similar nature, in the Baltic countries. ==Gods and goddesses== In Scandinavian folklore, belief in the old gods still exists, but not in the form they show in high mythology. Some of the ones known in both forms of mythology are Odin (''Odin''), who is said to lead the Wild Hunt; Thor (''Tor'') who still chases trolls with his thunder, both in this context regarded as "jegere" (hunters), and we see also Ull (as Ul) and Hœnir in this role. Loki (Loke), as a housegod of the house fire, and sometimes Freyja, show up. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scandinavian folklore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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