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I myself Havent heard of this creature before drawing her. They are supposed to be spirits in the woods, known to sing and known to teach people to sing. but also known for their sad songsthis was fun.
she is sitting on her very long tail.
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Huldra is an ald norwegian myth. She looks like a woman, although she is actually of troll-kin. She seduces hunters with her singing, luring them into her cave, where she eats them.
I don't know where you got the teaching from lol. But I see you're American, and I imagine a lot can happen to a story when it travels by storyteller's lip halfway around the globe
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Beautiful work, but I have to note that sitting on her thin little tail thus as she is it would be apt to break x:
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That's amazing! Character/plant are one.. the hair is awesome! The instrument too!
So peaceful <3
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Wouldn't this more or less classify as a sort of sub-dryad? Or at least a fairy?
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makes me regret why im normal... if i have the power... hmmm..
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I used to play a game on ps1 called castlevania symphony of the night. It had alot of enemys desined with a lot imagination just like this.
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Awesome, love the long legs and the tail. Very well done
vesha
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I think the spirit is called a (Samodivi)
I tried to google it for you.
Here's the webpage: [link]
Laurie G
mythology is a passion of mine. lol
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really beautiful, and I found it funny to find a drawing of Huldra here. After all, being a norwegian, I heave heard a lot of tales and myths about here, and my granduncle said he had actually spotted one sometime, but he never got lured by her. She was like a beautiful woman, except the cow tail. ^_^
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but as a add, I love your version of her. You used beautiful colours, and I'm almost getting lost in the picture, so magial ^_^
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These flowers are called Baby Bells right? Its one of my favourite flowers 
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I saw this a while back, and it just stuck with me!
A sign of the truly great artists.
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In norway huldra is a woman who spelled the men with her songs.. Thay fell in love with her and it says taht they never were seen again! In norway Huldra has black hair and a red dress!
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Love the whole "it" about the picture, funny, she is a lot more prettier than in Scandinavian stories. In our stories, men were lore out in the woods, by this beautiful song, but became the ugly Huldra`s slave or meal.
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Flower Child much? boy the hippies would have LOVED this picture.
Very nice work on the body, the tail kindof seems to be riding up but hey, it's nice.
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I really like this ^^ Very different from the Huldra I know, but still pretty cool 
(In norwegian folklore there is a creature called Huldra. She was a beautiful woman depicted with a cow tail underneath her dress, she lured young men into the forest where they dissappeared :3 She was a temptress and very mysterious ^^ I don't remember why she lured the men out in the forest but yeah XD)
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Never heard of this kind of fey/fairy/spirit/monster/creature before. Related to a Dryad no doubt... Is it unique to the Anima universe?
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i like the cleanliness in this pic~ but her tail seems to be coming out of nowhere o_O
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I don't lie when i said that this one is maybe MY Favourite...Ok, i already have some favourites in your works, but this time....Woaw...I think i'm falling in love.
I love your works !
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A huldra is a beautiful woman whom lure men into the forest. She's got a cow's tail and long, beautiful hair. She's counted as an underearthling. The word Huldra comes from the old Norwegian word Hylja, which means 'to hide'. The underearthlings are also kalled Hulderpeople, and the place they live is called Huldreheimen.
A pairing between a Huldra and a man, could result in children. If a man tossed iron or shot an arrow over a Huldra's head, he had to marry her. That's how a Huldra is rumoured to be the ancestor of well known families. Huldra lost her tail once she was married into the human society. A Huldra Bride brought wealth and treasures with her, if the man treated her well. And on the other side, the Hulderpeople could avenge the Huldra if the man treated her badly.
The most known way for a Huldra to keep her control over her man, was to show off her strength and straighten a horses shoe, saying: "Don't you think I could do this with you if I wanted to?" After those words, she was usually treated well.
The way the myths describe Huldra, vary a great deal. Some myths say she is beautiful as long as the man hold no power over her, but that the beauty falls off her once she's blessed by a Christian Priest, or someone tosses a piece of iron over her. In some fairytales, she keep her beauty as long as she lives. And in some fairytales, the Huldra holds control over her man the rest of their lives, even though it's said that she's both kind and helpful.
^__^
That's a huldra.
Amazing picture though ^^
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And in some myths, she even have the ears of a bob-cat/lynx. 
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