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In Scandinavian folklore, a rå (in Swedish) (‹The template Plural abbr is being considered for merging.› pl. rår) is a spirit who is the keeper or warden of a particular location or landform. The rå is known both in Nordic culture and in the Sami culture, where it is called radie .
The sjörå (in Swedish), (lake Rå) or the Sjöfru (Mistress of the Lake) was a mythical creature of the lake, or Rå, in Swedish folklore. [1] She is a female, humanoid water spirit. She is a seductive creature, often featured sitting and combing her long, sweeping hair with delight, and often lures and drowns men who are unkind, unfaithful ...
A Skogsrå meeting a man, as portrayed by artist Per Daniel Holm in the 1882 book Svenska folksägner. The Skogsrå (Swedish: skogsrået [ˈskʊ̂ksˌroːɛt] ⓘ; lit. ' the Forest Rå '), Skogsfrun ('the Mistress of the Forest'), Skogssnuvan, Skogsnymfen ('the Forest Nymph'), Råndan ('the Rå') or Huldran, is a mythical female creature (or rå) of the forest in Swedish folklore.
Rådande or löfjerskor are tree spirits in Swedish faerie mythology, similar to the dryads and hamadryads of Greek and Roman mythology.. In Swedish folklore, a rå is a spirit connected to a place, object or animal; examples are the skogsrå (a forest being) and sjörå (a water being).
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and Sápmi.
The Bergsrå (Mountain Rå), Bergatrollet (Mountain Troll), or Bergakungen (Mountain King) was a mythical creature of the mountain in Norse mythology. The bergrå could be either masculine or feminine. It lived in the mountain with a court of relatives and sometimes surrounded by trolls.
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Storsjöodjuret and Östersund. The monster is popularly referred to as Storsjöodjuret (the noun Storsjöodjur was first used in 1899 [b] [1]) where odjur is a Swedish word for ‘monster’ or ‘large vermin’, [2] [3] literally ‘unanimal’. [5]