Plural of fylgja; multiple guardian spirits or protective forces in Norse mythology, each associated with individual people or families.
Standard Old Norse plural formation from fylgja, used in sagas and mythological texts to describe the protective supernatural beings accompanying multiple individuals or a lineage.
In Norse sagas, entire families were sometimes said to share protecting fylgjur, creating a kind of supernatural genealogy where spiritual protection was inherited along with property and family honor.
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