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MYLING

Mylingar, Utburd, Ihtiriekko

Mylings are the restless souls of abandoned, unbaptized children who were never given a proper burial and are therefore forced to roam the earth until they can persuade someone to give them such. They are said to persue lone wanderers at night and jump on to their backs, demanding to be taken to a graveyard so they can rest in hallowed ground. However, they will become heavier, the longer they remain on your back and if the task takes too long the person carrying them will begin to sink down into the soil. If you are unable to make it into the cemetery before the dawn, you will eventually be crushed under its weight or have your neck snapped by the Myling in a fit of rage. These wretched creatures are often thought to be the spirits of children who were concieved out of wedlock, or born into households where there were too many mouths to feed. The children were usually given to 'angel-makers' women who were paid to find a good home for the infant, but were often just murdered instead, by either drowning them or simply leaving them in the woods, where death was almost certain. It is believed that the ghost of the child will then haunt the place where they had died and torture anyone unfortunate enough to travel through it.. The belief that mylings are enraged and seeking revenge is what gave them the reputation as one of the most menacing types of ghosts in Scandinavian folklore.

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Description

MYLING

Mylingar, Utburd, Ihtiriekko

Mylings are the restless souls of abandoned, unbaptized children who were never given a proper burial and are therefore forced to roam the earth until they can persuade someone to give them such. They are said to persue lone wanderers at night and jump on to their backs, demanding to be taken to a graveyard so they can rest in hallowed ground. However, they will become heavier, the longer they remain on your back and if the task takes too long the person carrying them will begin to sink down into the soil. If you are unable to make it into the cemetery before the dawn, you will eventually be crushed under its weight or have your neck snapped by the Myling in a fit of rage. These wretched creatures are often thought to be the spirits of children who were concieved out of wedlock, or born into households where there were too many mouths to feed. The children were usually given to 'angel-makers' women who were paid to find a good home for the infant, but were often just murdered instead, by either drowning them or simply leaving them in the woods, where death was almost certain. It is believed that the ghost of the child will then haunt the place where they had died and torture anyone unfortunate enough to travel through it.. The belief that mylings are enraged and seeking revenge is what gave them the reputation as one of the most menacing types of ghosts in Scandinavian folklore.

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