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In the English language Storsjöodjuret is sometimes called Storsie, similarly to Nessie, [7] though the names Storsjö Monster, [8] Storsjoe Monster [9] or "the monster of Lake Storsjön", etc., [10] and the literal translation The Great Lake Monster are used. [11] Its Latin name is Hydogiganta Monstruidae Jemtlandicum.
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Mother Troll and Her Sons by Swedish painter John Bauer, 1915. Troll (Norwegian and Swedish), trolde (Danish) is a designation for several types of human-like supernatural beings in Scandinavian folklore. [27] They are mentioned in the Edda (1220) as a monster with many heads. [28] Later, trolls became characters in fairy tales, legends and ...
The Old High German form nihhus also meant "crocodile", [2] [4] while the Old English nicor [2] [4] could mean both a "water monster" like those encountered by Beowulf, [5] and a "hippopotamus". [4] The Norwegian Fossegrim and Swedish Strömkarlen are related figures sometimes seen as by-names for the same creature. [4]
The term occurs in Middle High German as lintwurm and Old Swedish as lindormber (modern Swedish lindorm, modern Danish lindorm), meaning "lind-snake". [5] In Old Icelandic , the term linnormr was used to translate German sources to produce Þiðreks saga (an Old Norse chivalric saga adapted from the continent from the late 13th c.) [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
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1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.