#Näck

[luminarai]

I just found my new favourite wikipedia page

[nackseo2]

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[bestiarium]

The Bäckahäst [Swedish folklore]

Evil aquatic horse spirits are a common trope in Germanic, Nordic and British folktales. The Scottish Kelpie, the Icelandic Nykur, the Norwegian Nøkk etc are all variations of (and derived from) the same story. In Sweden, this role is given to the Näck: an evil supernatural horse creature that convinces people to mount it and ends up drowning the victim.

In southern Sweden however, the Näck is replaced by the Bäckahäst, a similar monster. Originating in Skåne, this creature appears as a pale white horse (although this isn’t set in stone and some artists portray it as black) but otherwise resembles the Näck in most aspects, sometimes the two terms are even used as synonyms. But there are some regional differences. Interestingly, the Bäckahäst seems less dangerous than the more traditional Kelpie-like creatures. There are stories of these beings being tamed simply by putting a bridle on them, although they could also be forced into submission by using iron and steel. Once tamed, the creature could be used for ploughing or other agricultural activities which it excelled at because it needed neither rest nor food.

The name ‘Bäckahäst’ translate roughly to ‘stream horse’ or ‘brook horse’. The creature is also related to the Sjörå from northern Sweden.

Egerkrans’ popular modern book ‘Nordiska Väsen’ describes the Bäckahäst as having a mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth and claims that it has a particular fondness for human children, preferring them over other prey.

Interestingly, according to Höök, an old Swedish tradition claims that Bäckahäst is only able to hurt unwashed people. Clean people who have recently bathed cannot be harmed by the monster. Supposedly, this is because supernatural monsters were traditionally associated with filth and a lack of hygiene. Being clean and hygienic would hold evil at bay, and you can’t really blame people for believing in that superstition because many stories of evil spirits at the time were associated with real diseases. If illnesses were the work of evil monsters and personal hygiene was an effective tool against illness, it only makes sense that proper hygiene was thought to also keep evil spirits at bay.

Sources: Egerkrans, J., 2013, Nordiska Väsen, B.Wahlströms, 126 pp. Lindow, J., 1978, Swedish Legends and Folktales, University of California Press, 219 pp. Höök, L. K., 2004, Vattnets renande och läkande kraft: Om hälsobrunnar, offerkällor och volontären Johan Lundin, Tio tvättar sig, Nordiska Museets Förlag, 47 pp. (image source 1: Jessica Hardarson on Artstation) (image source 2: Johan Egerkrans)

[thenightfolknetwork]

Hello,

I'm a musicaly inclined merperson. This isnt normally a problem undersea, but . . . I like the violin, and it doesent like the water. . . It wss quite a feat getting one. And keeping it dry. Old wood n all that.

I've taken to practising in shallow rivers here and there. And, unfortionately, caused somewhat of a scandal in the sapio community. Since I, as most merfolk do, not wear a shirt. This has turned out to be a big coultural "no-no" topside.

I hope I do not need to state the obvious; we are not indecent, we just do things differently. Which is why I stay midrif down in the water. And of course cover up any particularly sensitive parts above that in our traditional way.

Even so. There has stirred up "folk-lore" about me. As "the naked one" or "the fiddler in the river". . . And now I havent been able to practise because of. . . embarresment.

I love playing the violin. And, wearing a shirt could work, but getting me, it, and my violin is the tricky part. As my reputation is tarnished "for fear of drowning" its even harder hard to get the logistics together.

And well. I could find something the sapio's wear for water work. But Ive been informed by Drögr, a fellow water dweller with an even worse reputation than mine, that such garments have further "scandalous stigma" accosiated about them worn above water. Their norms are apparently very complex about such things.

Im confused. Have. . . Am I. . . Indecent?. Should I just quit my passion?. I've only played as deep into their public woods as I could get. And I fear the violin would get hurt by the damp from all the extra further travel. And I wish to stress, I wear "our" clithes. Nit just theirs.

Thank you in advance

Näck

You said it yourself, reader – you are not “indecent”, you just do things differently. There is no reason at all you should feel yourself bound by the norms of a culture to which you do not belong.

Social taboos around nudity vary wildly from culture to culture even in the sapio world. The people who object to your clothing choices are not referring to any objective reality, or even universal sapio custom. They are, in fact, so profoundly blinkered by their own cultural lens that they're incapable of accepting the existence of other social norms.

It hardly needs to be said that this rigid world-view is not going to serve them well in life. But that is not your problem. You aren't responsible for managing other people's feelings, and you certainly don't have to adopt their customs and habits just to make them more comfortable.

You aren't doing anything wrong, reader. The naked body is not inherently obscene, no matter what genus it belongs to. And you do not have to cover yourself for the sake of other people's shame.

[For more creaturely advice, check out Monstrous Agonies on your podcast platform of choice, or visit monstrousproductions.org for more info]

[kykyhich]

Hello Kukuhich-san! I REALLY LOVE YOUR THSC AU💕💓💖❤️💝💗💞💘

In your THSC AU, what kind of person is Sven? Is he not human or something? I wanted to know very much!

(Sorry if my English is not correct, I use a translation tool)

Im my AU Sven is näck. But unlike his mythological prototype, he isn’t tied to water, so he can walk around freely like a human. In water he turns into hideous water creature reminding a mutant half-fish half-human. Also he is next candidate to Toppat’s leadership, trained by Reginald himself.

(Sorry rn i dont have pics, fait for big post about toppats)

[skenpiel]

ingen har sett fantomen utan kläder klädd i pyjamas och stövlar av läder han drar nog bort en rand där fram när han kissar bakom trädets stam åh vandrande vålnad kliar inte sviden när du knegar i djungeln hela tiden gör som guran skaffa dig en kjol det är bättre under afrikas sol fantomen lättar inte på kalsongen nej han håller värmen stången men han blev nog frussen om sin häck om han satt i grottan alldeles näck åh vandrande vålnad kliar inte sviden när du knegar i djungeln hela tiden gör som guran skaffa dig en kjol det är bättre under afrikas sol ingen har sett honom kavla upp ärmen ljusblå lekdräkt i fukten och värmen ibland tar han på sig ännu mer när mr walker sig till stan beger åh vandrande vålnad kliar inte sviden när du knegar i djungeln hela tiden gör som guran skaffa dig en kjol det är bättre under afrikas sol

[thorraborinn]

Hello there! I hope this is okay to ask as I don’t know if this is exactly in your wheelhouse, but I’ve been trying to do some research for a while now on hardanger fiddles and their place in folklore/folk practices and beliefs, and I wondered if you’d have any information you could point me to about it or books to recommend? I’ve come across some bits of information and leads but I don’t know how reliable they are. I know this isn’t really heathenry-related and something more recent, so please feel free to ignore! Thank you though for any help you can provide!

I mostly know Icelandic folklore, and there isn't a whole lot about fiddles there. I don't know if there's anything there about hardangers in particular, and fiddles in general weren't very common in Iceland; a few were imported in the 19th century and it's said that a handful of Icelanders were able to make their own, and it supposedly had a reputation for attracting huldufólk.

I'm not sure what languages you're able to read, or your tolerance for retyping things into Google translate. If you're sticking with English, the book Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend, edited by Reimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf, has a bunch of stories about fiddles and water spirits (nøkk/näck, fossegrim), and then a little bit about fiddles and the devil, all with citations. It's not hard to find a PDF of this book.

54.14 "They Danced themselves to Death":

Finally a minister heard about the dancing on the mountain, and when he commanded the fiddler to stop, the man had to obey. But the folks who had followed the minister saw that it was Old Nick himself who sat there and played. He used his ass as a fiddle and worked it with the bow.

If you're able to read Scandinavian, the book -og fela ho lét. Norsk spelemannstradisjon by Arne Bjørndal and Brynjulf Alver is cited frequently by the above. It's available to borrow one hour at a time on archive.org. Studier i svensk folklore by Tobias Norlind is also available online, and the second volume of the Atlas of Swedish Folk Culture is available to download here.

The Swedish magical tradition includes spells to cause someone's fiddle strings to break; some of these can be found in Svartkonstrböcker ed/trans by Thomas K. Johnson.

[furmity]

Skölpaddan

People are always afraid that I'm bitten by my pet python. Of course I have been- once quite badly- but it happens so rarely. Really he's a good boy who doesn't even bite the vet.

The turtle on the other hand. (Chelodina longicollis)

Everyone seems to like turtles and understand why I'd want to have one- so goofy and fun!- never suspecting that it is HE who is the real menace. If the snake bites me I deserve it but this guy, THIS GUY.

Hamburger was an adult when I took him on. An ad on Gumtree. He was exiled from his former home for the crime of eating goldfish. His old home was close to the Happy Valley Reservoir (real place) and since you rarely see baby longnecks for sale, I think he was probably plucked from the wild.

They kept him in this small green hole without an island. They said they wanted to breed goldfish in there. They were sick of how he'd escape (reptiles will turn their back on you whenever they get the chance, it's not personal), and I learnt turtles can climb chicken wire.

He is a biting snake- necked pond beast whose pupils don't dilate. He has no teeth but long sharp claws for tearing his prey to shreds. He is food obsessed and strictly carnivorous. He actively tries to eat my fingers. It only happened once but he can musk when he feels threatened (smells like acrid stagnant water and lingers on the skin all day).

His upper skin is black and his pond is also black. When he spies on you from between the reeds it's like the whole pond is looking, he feels a hundred times his size. He is the pond, lurksome, kelpie- like (the Swedish näck even sounds like "neck"). It's sort of funny when you pick him up (from behind with the other hand distracting him) that his shell's only about 20cm long. Naaww.

We should all be very grateful that he is very small.

Hold him and he'll reach around to try and bite you, but pop him on the ground and he's a much shyer beast. You can even sit with him if he's on the land. He has a thing about boots, comes right up to them. He'll follow me around. Sit him on my lap and he'll climb my clothes (it is very surprising to me how well an animal his shape can climb), looking at my face.

He has communicated with me beyond food only once. It was a courtship head- bob. I, and my boots, are turtles to him... but my fingers are clearly prey... or at least the fingers bring the food. Who knows what he thinks. At any rate he knows a face when he sees one.

He is of uncertain age but could live for decades more. Very soon a youngin will be joining us (not going in with Pond Beast yet, though). That baby will probably outlive me.

[mrowlpig-art]

Some ttrpg ocs

1. Gaupa - lynx noajdi. Mutant Year Zero: Genlab Alpha

2. Örian Stålnacke - human warrior. Symbaroum

3. Tjaetsie - näck bard. Svavelvinter

[thomasdale009]

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[foodandbeverages]

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[clouds-of-wings]

I realized that I have never read anything about what you’re supposed to do if you’d like to NOT go to your watery grave the first time some hot näck plays a violin solo in your general vicinity, but alas, the internet has failed me.

All it told me is that if I don’t want to be kidnapped, it’s better to not listen to music in public. How you’re supposed to avoid getting kidnapped by someone who brings his own violin is not explained.

[nackseo2]

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[krisiart]

“Näcken II”

A sequel of sorts to this piece from last year.

[ludvigl-levin-arts-and-crafts]

Some more characters from Swedish folklore. A Näck and a Troll

[waterlillyblood]

Still figuring out this guy’s stupid pretty face - but it’s going somewhere!

Art meme by @girlfriendluvr . Feel free to compare:

I didn’t quite capture the raw energy but then again I am a mere mortal.