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A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore.Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". [1] In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual).
In her book, Icelandic Folktales and Legends, Jacqueline Simpson provides two origins stories for the Huldufolk. The first story says the Huldufolk are some of the children of Adam and Eve. These children were not washed and therefore Eve avoided presenting them to God.
Hulda Garborg. Hulda Garborg (née Bergersen, 22 February 1862 – 5 November 1934) was a Norwegian writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer, and theatre instructor.. She was married to Arne Garborg, and is today perhaps best known for kindling interest in the bunad traditi
The Huldra, Hylda, Skogsrå or Skogfru (Forest wife/woman) is a dangerous seductress who lives in the forest. [33] The Huldra is said to lure men with her charm. She has a long cow's tail, or according to some traditions, that of a fox, which she ties under her skirt in order to hide it from men. [33]
Frau Holle's festival is in the middle of winter, the time when humans retreat indoors from the cold. It may be of significance that the Twelve Days of Christmas were originally the Zwölften ("the Twelve"), which like the same period in the Celtic calendar were an intercalary period during which the dead were thought to roam abroad. [7]: 105
(Please do not compare with Astrid Lindgren book where the use the word for something like a Valkyria) Vittra is a whole secret people supposed to live in the forest. Last I have never encountered the idea that a Hulder / Huldra man was supposed to be hideous or have a long nose. This might be a recent addition to the mythos.
Kristin Lavransdatter is the daughter of Lavrans, a charismatic, respected nobleman in a rural area of Norway, and his wife Ragnfrid, who suffers from depression after the loss of three infant sons and the crippling of her younger daughter Ulvhild in an accident.
Some deities, like the weather god *Perkʷunos or the herding-god *Péh₂usōn, [note 2] are only attested in a limited number of traditions—Western (i.e. European) and Graeco-Aryan, respectively—and could therefore represent late additions that did not spread throughout the various Indo-European dialects.