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** It is described as the home of the [[Wikipedia:Tuatha_Dé_Danann|Tuatha Dé Danann]] or "the folk of the goddess [[Wikipedia:Danu_(Irish_goddess)|Danu]]", the gods of pre-Christian Ireland, who engage in poetry, music, entertainment. | ** It is described as the home of the [[Wikipedia:Tuatha_Dé_Danann|Tuatha Dé Danann]] or "the folk of the goddess [[Wikipedia:Danu_(Irish_goddess)|Danu]]", the gods of pre-Christian Ireland, who engage in poetry, music, entertainment. | ||
* The world itself in-game is composed of multiple mythologies belonging not only of Celtic origins but also of many other European myths and tales. | * The world itself in-game is composed of multiple mythologies belonging not only of Celtic origins but also of many other European myths and tales. | ||
** {{Transient icon|Alberich}} is a character in the play [[Wikipedia:Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen|Der Ring des Nibelungen]] written by a German composer debuting in around 1876. The characters are based loosely from Norse stories and [[Wikipedia:Nibelungenlied|Nibelungenlied]] an epic poem in Middle High German. Alberich's character himself borrows heavily from the Norse dwarf Andvari. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Balor}}, in Irish mythology, was the leader of the [[Wikipedia:Fomorians|Fomorians]], a group of malevolent supernatural beings, but he was defeated by his own grandson who was part of the Tuatha Dé Danann. | ** {{Transient icon|Balor}}, in Irish mythology, was the leader of the [[Wikipedia:Fomorians|Fomorians]], a group of malevolent supernatural beings, but he was defeated by his own grandson who was part of the Tuatha Dé Danann. | ||
** {{Transient icon|Barguest}} is primarily of Nothern English folklore, described as a large black bear or dog that serves as an omen of death. | ** {{Transient icon|Barguest}} is primarily of Nothern English folklore, described as a large black bear or dog that serves as an omen of death. | ||
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** {{Transient icon|Leib}} is a deity in Sami mythology and worshipped by the Sami people inhabiting the cultural region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula within the Murmansk Oblast of Russia. | ** {{Transient icon|Leib}} is a deity in Sami mythology and worshipped by the Sami people inhabiting the cultural region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula within the Murmansk Oblast of Russia. | ||
** {{Transient icon|Melusine}} has stories that vary in multiple parts of Europe though is usually connected to and associated with the northern and western parts of France. | ** {{Transient icon|Melusine}} has stories that vary in multiple parts of Europe though is usually connected to and associated with the northern and western parts of France. | ||
** {{Transient icon|Tomte}} is a being from Scandinavian folklore. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Yule}}'s origin in Tir na nOg is through his connection as being one of Santa Claus' reindeer, who is often noted as a Westernized depiction of St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas, a legendary figure in some European countries. | ** {{Transient icon|Yule}}'s origin in Tir na nOg is through his connection as being one of Santa Claus' reindeer, who is often noted as a Westernized depiction of St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas, a legendary figure in some European countries. | ||