Алексей Савченко :О) (@asavvva)
Surt comes from the south with a bright light in his hand. Yes, the Sun shines upon the sword in his grasp. The mountains collapse, the trolls fall, men walk the roads to Hel, and the skies divide above.
'Ronja the Robber's daughter' by Ilon Winkland
Bramble: The Mountain King (2023) | Skogsrå, 'The Mistress of the Forest'
"She was a shapeshifter that mimicked what men wanted to see in order to lure them away. When they were close enough to touch her, she would transform into something monstrous. She'd rip their chests open, hang them up in the trees and draw strange powers from their still-beating hearts. No one would ever see those men again…"
“There is something waiting for us at the edge of the woods, and it is our fate to meet it.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, from Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.
John Bauer.
I hate reading a cool piece of folklore and tracking down its location, only to find out the location has long since been paved over >:(
According to legend, the legendary Danish hero Holger Danske once got a pair of magical glasses from a witch that would allow him to see through anything. He tested them on Nørre Fælled, a well-known right outside Copenhagen, where he laid down and saw straight through the Earth. But when he stood up again, two big holes were left behind, which later filled with water and became lakes.
This map was made in the 1600s, where the glasses-lakes are clearly visible
Nowadays there's just a big dumb hospital in its place, and no sign left of Holger Danske or his witch glasses >:(
"to dwell in a forest of fir trees" read my dark fantasy viking age novel thralls of skuld on tumblr // wattpad
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