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Huldra

A hulder is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. (Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret".) In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra. In Swedish folklore she is known as the skogsrå "forest spirit" or Tallemaja "pine tree Mary", and ulda in Sámi folklore. Her name suggests that she is originally the same being as the völva divine figure Huld and the German Holda.

The word hulder is only used of a female; a "male hulder" is called a huldrekall and also appears in Norwegian folklore. This being is closely related to other underground dwellers, usually called tusser (sg., tusse). Whereas the female hulder is almost invariably described as incredibly, seductively beautiful, the males of the same race are often said to be hideous, with grotesquely long noses.

The Huldra is often represented as a beautiful, seductive woman, whose trunk seems like the trunk of a tree, with long hair and cow tail (in Norway) or a fox tail (in Sweden).

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Description

www.etsy.com/listing/690288989…

Huldra

A hulder is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. (Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret".) In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra. In Swedish folklore she is known as the skogsrå "forest spirit" or Tallemaja "pine tree Mary", and ulda in Sámi folklore. Her name suggests that she is originally the same being as the völva divine figure Huld and the German Holda.

The word hulder is only used of a female; a "male hulder" is called a huldrekall and also appears in Norwegian folklore. This being is closely related to other underground dwellers, usually called tusser (sg., tusse). Whereas the female hulder is almost invariably described as incredibly, seductively beautiful, the males of the same race are often said to be hideous, with grotesquely long noses.

The Huldra is often represented as a beautiful, seductive woman, whose trunk seems like the trunk of a tree, with long hair and cow tail (in Norway) or a fox tail (in Sweden).

To learn more about my work feel free to visit my facebook page

www.facebook.com/SilviaDottiIllustration

or my etsy shop, where you can find postcards, prints and originals available

www.etsy.com/shop/silviadotti