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This is my Christmas card for 2019, very belatedly!

In old Swedish folk lore, the Vittra were the invisible people that lived where you were not. They looked pretty much like humans and their lives were lived parallel but unseen to ours. Their animals grazed in the meadows in the winter or late at night when you were not there. If you found a strange animal on your land you didn't recognize, it might be one of the Vittra's animals they left behind.

The Vittra had close connections to the other mythical entities of the land, such as the small Vaette (roughly 'Gnomes').

I like to think they exchanged gifts during midvinter solstice like any good neighbours ...

Done in MyPaint and Krita.

I have made my Christmas cards for many years now. You can find the cards from previous years in my Christmas Card gallery: www.deviantart.com/griatch-art…

Description

This is my Christmas card for 2019, very belatedly!

In old Swedish folk lore, the Vittra were the invisible people that lived where you were not. They looked pretty much like humans and their lives were lived parallel but unseen to ours. Their animals grazed in the meadows in the winter or late at night when you were not there. If you found a strange animal on your land you didn't recognize, it might be one of the Vittra's animals they left behind.

The Vittra had close connections to the other mythical entities of the land, such as the small Vaette (roughly 'Gnomes').

I like to think they exchanged gifts during midvinter solstice like any good neighbours ...

Done in MyPaint and Krita.

I have made my Christmas cards for many years now. You can find the cards from previous years in my Christmas Card gallery: www.deviantart.com/griatch-art…