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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There has to be something similar in nordics. Old pagan beliefs are jam packed with little people.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago

I mean, there are a number of cases in mythologies where you can find common elements. I'd buy that in some cases, there might be common elements causing it, but I don't think that it'd need to be a common hallucinogen.

Off-the-cuff, some examples:

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Gargamel, The Movie. An old man living alone with his cat is slowly driven to madness by the soup of mushrooms he always boils in his cauldron.

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Some native American tribes too. Apache for example.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Very common, can certainly get you fucked up and destroy your internal organs, but no cases that would have reported seeing little people.