#Näcken

[kykyhich]

Näck - are humanoid, and often shapeshifting water spirits in Swedish mythology and folklore. Male water spirits who played enchanted songs on the violin, luring women and children to drown in lakes or streams.

[natalieff]

Nøkken

[xlownenbemy]

He is free, and you thought it was a good idea to steal what is his.. to take the object of his power away from him.

But now.....Now he has found it. And you are not safe.

[afangirlsmanicextraveganza]

Saw Näcken’s interpretation for Bramble and I had to pull out my license 😏…

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

My take on the näkki, or nøkken, näcken, nixe, nixie, depends on what you call it when there's a spirit who lures people into the water to drown them! Näkki is often shown to be a humanlike creature, I wanted to do something similar but with a little twist of what a person might think is a human or a humanlike being as they glance behind themselves while running away. In a way, "just" an animal mistaken to be a malicious magical force, although still aggressive and a very good reason to stay away from unknown waters. I based it off of the first nightmare I remember having: I was sitting on the edge of a small stream and when I looked into the water my reflection was replaced with that of a wolf. I heard a disembodied whisper, "I will find you," and then I woke up.

If the näkki was a real animal, I think it would be similarly persecuted to other predator animals like wolves, perhaps even more strongly due to their extreme territoriality towards their home waters. The näkki is likely endangered in the modern day due to habitat loss and overhunting of the past and present.

[druvjelly]

As someone who’s Swedish, I wish Näcken was a bit more conventionally hot but like

This works too

He looks like a 40 year old who sells snus to a bunch of teens outside the ICA that’s too close to a school

[somemish]

Кикимора какая-то

[t-the-ring-master]

Näcken with human!SO hc.

Request: by Circus guest Anon.

Requests open.

I decided to do two separate posts for this. One for Näcken and then one for Nøkken, since my sister informed me Nøkken is the female version.

Hope you enjoy! I decided to do this in an X reader style since that’s what I’m assuming they wanted.

If you want a mini story based off this, just let me know and give me a scenario!

Part 2

Music. That is what you heard when you wandered through the fog.

A sad melancholy song being played from a violin. You didn’t expect to hear something like it when you wandered into the woods late at night despite every warning from every story from your parents.

You had come into the woods looking for your brother, who decided to leave the house during dark. That’s how you met Näcken, who oddly didn’t kill you the first moment he saw you.

You didn’t know you looked strangely similar to the woman he had fallen in love with, his ill mind tricking him into thinking you were her.

Every night you and your brother snuck out after that, him running off to do his own thing while you went and met Näcken. The more time you spent together the more he understood you weren’t really her, you were just yourself.

He won’t let you into the water, his many years in it made him learn that there’s more in there than just him… they just aren’t alive and you’re more likely get a disease rather than drown.

Since he’s met you, he’s been playing more cheerful songs, no longer as depressed as he once was.

Don’t get me wrong, he still kills people that come to his lake when given the chance, but he’s learned not to do it after he almost killed your brother.

Yeah he didn’t see you for a little bit after that. He cried when you visited him again, he was playing pretty depressingly for those few days… he’s very dramatic.

Turns out you were just helping your brother get some rest after he caught a cold from the water. He didn’t really blame Näcken, but you don’t think they’ll be friends for a while.

He has tried to teach you violin when you asked… you almost broke the string but he wasn’t too mad about it.

If you play an instrument, definitely bring it with you the next time you see him. He really would love to play with you.

If you sing, he would love to play along to your voice.

And if you dance, he’ll happily play while you do so.

Don’t bring up his past lover, the wound is still very much there, and the only reason you actually managed to live was because he had tricked himself you were her. It’s best to not bring it up unless he does. By the time he brings it up, he’ll be over her and only really care about you.

He does wish you had met him as a human. He wasn’t the most handsome guy, but he does feel like he was better looking than he is now.

If you like any kind of spice… don’t give it to him. This man is white. One grain of pepper and this man seeing the reaper.

I also feel like he would have a sweet tooth… so many years stuck to the lake, I feel like he’d go feral for a chocolate chip.

If you bake and bring him some kind of pastry, he’s keeping you just for them at that point.

Give this man some kind of baked good or just soul food… this man hasn’t tasted flavor in his undead or living life.

He came from a small village and was just a pretty poor musician, so any kind of spice would have been considered a luxury.

If he sees someone hit on you… yeah you’re not seeing that person again, and he’s definitely not letting you into the water now. It’s not even about the diseases at that point, he just doesn’t want you to see the guys body.

He does wish to be human again. He wishes to get married, have a family and feel normal again.

With all the crazy stuff in these woods, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did manage to find someone who could at the very least make him be able to at least leave the lake. But I doubt anyone would be able to turn him into a human…. I also feel like even if they did, he couldn’t do it since it’s been like what? 200 years as the lake creature? He’d probably turn to dust if he did become human again.

But let’s say he did find a way to leave the lake, and can in fact go back into land. He’d go to his old village and fix up his old house. He’d lure a priest there, and have him marry you guys…. Maybe even adopt -totally not kidnap- a child maybe.

Your brother likes him enough for you…. Great Näcken is trying to drown him again-

Kid get the pepper, we gotta give your father an aneurysm to save your uncle-

[hysteriak]

🪷🐸 NÄCKEN 🫧🍀

[thatpinkweirdo]

The fact that in Bramble The Mountain King the concept art for Näcken gives him CLOTHING! But in the game the Skogsrå doesn't is sooo funny to me beacuse ive always thought of them as:

Skogsrå: PUT ON SOME CLOTHING!

Näcken: I would rather die.

[xlownenbemy]

Nicklas!!!

Finally made a proper pose for him😁😁😁

[radioactive-boba]

im kind of in love w him have a quick painting about it

[19eyebrows]

Okay I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one who has their hots for the Trolls, Näcken and the Skogsrå from the game Bramble the mountain king.

My fellow monsterlovers never disappoint.

[afangirlsmanicextraveganza]

Need this to put over my bed while I let Näcken gimme those mad back shots 😩 💦. Let’s gooooo!!!

[trigonomicon]

Based on everyones favorite Theodor Kittelsen illustration. Palette: DB16

[finngualart]

näcken, acrylics on A3 watercolour paper