#Scandinavian folklore

[thehmn]

For people who like to make up different races of the same fantasy creatures like forest elf and dark elf and such, you’d have traditional Scandinavian folklore on your side if you made merpeople in the north have a sexual dimorphism where mermen are smaller than mermaids.

For some reason mermen are always described as being about the size of a child in early folklore. They’re absurdly easy to catch and people in the stories tend to take them home and keep them for a while because mermen could predict the weather. The merman eventually dies or tricks his captors into taking him back to the sea. So opposite mermaids who lured and drowned people mermen were considered pretty harmless and even useful if caught.

[weirdundead]

Naglfar, the harbinger of Ragnarök

[themeeplord]

Renlav troll

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It was a while ago that I last drew a little troll like this. this one was so fun to create! I hope I can find the energy and motivation to draw more creatures/oknytt inspired by or from nordic folklore and stories.

[kald-dal-art]

Inktober Day 4

Been a while since Ive drawn nordic/scandinavian folk lore creatures, perhaps expect more this month 🫶

[ladyvictoriart]

Pesta traveled from town to town, bringing disease wherever she appeared. At times, she left entire villages devoid of life, ravaged by the great pestilence.

[alkiores]

Völva for the Scandinavian-themed artbook ✨🔥 ✨

[bennizone]

I put my social realism-horror comic "Left Out" up on itch !!! 12 pages, originally published in an anthology back in 2023.

click to read.

[irinaman]

Thor’s fishing trip🌞

[mossypidder]

I started this painting August ninth. It’s now November fourteenth. It has been uncooperative to say the least. But honestly, I’m happy with how it finally came out.

Also, Faas with pigtails because.

[thehmn]

All of them are acting like you’d expect them to according to Scandinavian folklore: The gullible troll, the flirty huldrakarl, the suspicious gnome, the untrustworthy mermaid, and the creepy åmand (stream man or man of the stream)

Additional info: Trolls in Scandinavian folklore aren’t big dumb monsters but more like strong, less bright people of the woods/mountains. Huldrakarl is the less famous male version of the huldra. Gnomes are house spirits who help and protect the family they live with and are often the first to notice if something is off. Scandinavian mermaids are specifically said to have huge breasts which they use to lure sailors to their deaths. Though they’re often confused for each other Åmand is different from Näcken because more often than not he’s only heard but never seen, and will usually loudly announce that he plans to take a life days or even weeks before someone drowns in his waters.

And I just realized there are a lot of creatures with weird tails in Scandinavian folklore…

[beatricenius]

A small collection of drawings that aren't really connected, but feel like they could be

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[hapalopus]

[celestialkiri]

I earned my bachelor's degree in troll representation in folklore and fairytales in Northern countries a year ago, but it's in Finnish 😩 So because some of my friends asked me to translate SOMETHING with my not-so-great English, I made this little collab that I also used on one of my school projects where I was tasked to illustrate some trolls. I hope you enjoy my rambling about trolls ✨

[ladyvictoriart]

The Skogsra, also called the Hulder, live deep in the forest, feasting on the souls of men who follow after them. Skogsra look almost human but can be distinguished by their short tail and a hollowed-out back.

[constantly-in-a-state-of-change]

I DON’T CARE, I LOVE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS WITH EVERY INCH OF MY BEING. I LOVE THE CHARACTERS (especially Sigrid, my love, my light) AND THE STORY. ITS STUPID, BUT AS A PAGAN LEANING INDIVIDUAL I WANT MORE STORIES LIKE THAT. (especially Celtic Mythology) IT INSPIRES ME TO LOOK INTO MY SCANDINAVIAN BACKGROUND THAT I WAS ONLY INTRODUCED TO FROM ANCESTRY DNA!!! Anyways, I love it 😘 (and also, that scene of Odin looking at Jesus and the Cathedral, almost brought tears to my eyes)

[alkiores]