The Easter Witch
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It was an honor to be a guest on the @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social! We had a wonderful conversation about otherness, beliefs people held in earlier times, and yes, horny tree spirits!

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A Huldra, Hulder or Skogsrå is a female forest spirit in Scandinavia A Huldra, Hulder, Skogsrå or Skogsrået is a seductive - usually female - forest creature found in Swedish, Norwegia and Finnish folklore.

1/2 A nice article about my character Rå in my Historical Fantasy The Lure of Water and Wood, depicted here with a tail.

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They said that Näcken could transform into a horse, to bäckahästen (the brook horse.) His back would lengthen, enticing people to ride him. He would never stop. Round and round it went, stopping only to let more people on.

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How to understand: The Swedish Medieval Song Herr Mannelig, an Analysis! youtu.be/XOE7NA6qZhk?... via @YouTube #HerrMannelig #MedievalBallads #ScandinavianFolklore #NordicLegends #MedievalMusicAnalysis #BalladTradition #SwedishFolklore #HistoricalMusic #FolkSongAnalysis #MythAndMusic

1/2 Women knew her as Magda, the village healer. They didn't know that she was Rå, the forest sprite who lured their men away, trapping them with her in the forest.

Inspired by folklore and true events.

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Water. Sanding near it made his blood soften, turning his hands to liquid. I told no one. No one could know. He was Näcken. -The Lure of Water and Wood

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She was so beautiful! Ethereal really, and once they spotted her it was impossible not to follow her into the woods. By then it was too late, she had you. She was Rå, Skogsrå, Skogsfru.
Rå, Forest Rå, Forest Wife.

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1/3 It was just a little locket. Näcken found it in the river. There was a little portrait in it, but it floated away. He brought the locket home to his wife.
It was a mistake.
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Oh wait! It's NOT Thursday today. And here I was posting about #FolkloreThursday 😱 Oh well, hello on Freya Friday as well then.
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Rå pulled men deeper and deeper into the woods until they lost all sense of time and place. She looked like a beautiful woman, but beneath her long hair, her back was just a tree trunk, just like all the other trees in the forest in which she lived.

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Get to know Sweden's alluring mythological creatures and see what THEY thought of the humans observing and fearing them #Folklore
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Kymlingestenen Stone There are several stories about the magical stone Kymlingestenen in Sweden. Scandinavian tradition has long associated this ancient stone, tucked away in a serene, forested setting, with fairies and.....

There are several stories about the magical stone Kymlingestenen in Sweden. Scandinavian tradition has long associated this ancient stone, tucked away in a serene, forested setting, with fairies and other mystical entities. #fairies #swedishfolklore fairyland.blog/post/7852461...

Mösakäringa. We've had everything from cloudy weather to sunshine to rain and thunder today.It rained when I came home from work and after that we had so dark clouds that I though more thunder was on the way so we...

Almost the same weather today but with less thunder and rain. I promised to start writing some about our beings so I started today.
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New blog:
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