a battle as a last stand. These transformations are possibly implied in the saga descriptions of berserkers who transform into animals or display bestial abilities.

Else Mundal has argued that the animal fylgja and the woman-ghost type fylgja are of different origins, and the solitary animal fylgja is actually that individual's alter ego present since birth, which perishes together when that person dies.

Occurrences

Fylgjur

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