Scandinavian folklore

Scandinavian folklore is rich and diverse, with myriad creatures from the Nordic regions’ myths and legends. Scandinavian folklore creatures, also known as Nordic folklore creatures or Norwegian…

The Scandinavian Folklore consists of a huge variety of creatures, good or evil, which have frightened people for centuries. They were often meant to scare children, but even today they are essential and important to the modern northern society. In the 1890's, something changed in the way common Scandinavians saw themselves and their culture. They looked back in time to rediscover their old myths and legends; folklore which had been forgotten because of the coming of Christianity. It was a…

John Bauer: 'När Trollmor skötte Kungens Storbyk' From 'Bland Tomtar och Troll', 1914

Troll - by John Bauer | Trolls have always existed in Swedish Folk Tale. Nowhere is there as many of them as in the Dark Woods and Mountains of the province Värmland. The look of a Troll can vary, from a small "cute" being, to a huge grotesque and unpredictable beast. You can always recognize them by the tail, the pointed ears and the broad nose.~

Huldra Norse Mythology

There is one more story waiting to be told of my time in British Columbia. After visiting Honey Grove, and meeting new friends, and the magic of bees, I travelled back down the island to Victoria to visit one of my oldest friends and her mother and grandmother. Three beautiful generations of Danish, and Danish-American, women. We walked in the old wet troll-sung woods of Sooke, which were dark and lush and made me think of the woods of northern European fairytales, at once dangerous and…

Description "River Spirit" for Speedy du Jour at 1 hour And why isn't there a myth or mythology bit under fantasy I ask you. My first thoughts went to an embodiment of a river, but I didn't feel like drawing mermaids or similar, and the only thing that came to mind as a river creature is fish, which is even further down on my list of things I'd like to paint. After I was done I realized I had thought very northerly about it. Crocodiles or Hippos never crossed my mind. Being buggered for…

Illustration of Huldra (norse folklore). This is a collaboration, done with Anne Marte Markussen.

This article is about the Scandinavian creature. For other uses, see Thurisaz (disambiguation). A troll (originated from Old Norse trǫll, also known as þurs in Norse or thurse in Anglo-Saxon) is a class of being in Germanic mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings. Later, in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their…