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thehmn · 8 months

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All of them are acting like you’d expect them to according to Scandinavian folklore: The gullible troll, the flirty huldrakarl, the suspicious gnome, the untrustworthy mermaid, and the creepy åmand (stream man or man of the stream)

Additional info: Trolls in Scandinavian folklore aren’t big dumb monsters but more like strong, less bright people of the woods/mountains. Huldrakarl is the less famous male version of the huldra. Gnomes are house spirits who help and protect the family they live with and are often the first to notice if something is off. Scandinavian mermaids are specifically said to have huge breasts which they use to lure sailors to their deaths. Though they’re often confused for each other Åmand is different from Näcken because more often than not he’s only heard but never seen, and will usually loudly announce that he plans to take a life days or even weeks before someone drowns in his waters.

And I just realized there are a lot of creatures with weird tails in Scandinavian folklore…

#troll #huldra #huldrakarl #mermaid #gnome #Neisse #åmand #folklore #scandinavian folklore #Denmark #Sweden #Norway #art

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fhtagn-and-tentacles · 2 years

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HULDRA

by Ksenia “Iren Horrors” Svincova

#tentacles #fhtagn #iren horrors #ksenia svincova #fantasy #concept art #chara design #mythology #creature #horror #monster #nordic #scandinavian #huldra #forest #gaze #fhtagnnn

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filurig · 4 months

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i decided to change a little bit about the bäckahäst humanoid form, and realised that they have some superficial similarities to skogsrå, so heres a thing ironing out their differences a little

#fantasy #huldra #bäckahäst #skogsrå #speculative biology #spec bio #pareidolia tag #bestiary #creature lore #lore #(huldras are referred to as skogsrå as well in pareidolia btw. or irl i guess LOL)#(skogsrå is just the regional term.... the huldra and skogsrå are very similar myths irl so its likely its the case there too)#in case ur ootl bäckahästar in pareidolia can turn into a humanoid... it has to do with the myth of näcken #(basically ppl think they are two different “creatures” but theyre actually the same just in different forms)#worldbuilding

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forestfolke · 11 months

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made a new reference sheet for one of my characters and i like how it came out

#my art #digital art #my ocs #mabon #character design #huldra #i might change her sleeves to open ones like they used to be but i don't know

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madcat-world · 2 years

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Huldra - IrenHorrors

#Huldra #IrenHorrors #Norse #Scandanavian #myths #folklore #fairy tales #creatures #spirits #fantasy art #dark fantasy #digital art

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uzlolzu · 2 months

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My huldra, Astrid, having fed and not.

#uzloart #I dressed her #Astrid #huldra #lc #sketch

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beatricenius · 8 months

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A small collection of drawings that aren't really connected, but feel like they could be

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#folk horror #scandinavian folklore #cat art #huldra #baba yaga #witchblr #beatricenius art

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educationaldm · 10 months

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Not every folklore creature is a fairy. A note on Scandinavian Folklore from @HumonComics and the nature of whether they are good or bad. http://humoncomics.com/not-a-fairy

#Scandinavian #Folklore #Fairy #Humon Comics #Real World #Mythology #Nuckelavee #Troll #Huldra #Well Man #Nisse #Tomte #Leprechaun #Tengu #Nix #Lantern Men

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amenouzumeshi · 4 months

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