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Norwegians used to believe that the dreams you had the night before Christmas, could reveal who would die in the next year. Therefore many people avoided sleeping altogether and stayed awake all night, preferring not to know about anyone's death in advance.
#GothicAdvent
Huldra, the wood nymph in Norwegian folklore, is known to make silver jewelry, called 'huldresølv'. The jewelry Huldra makes, is so ravishingly beautiful that no human could ever make anything similar. Anyone who steals huldresølv, is forever cursed.
#FolkloreThursday
Draugen is a huge, seaweed covered monster in Norwegian folklore, that was thought to be the ghost of a drowned fisherman. Draugen often appeared during storms, trying to drag the fishermen under water and drown them.
#FaustianFriday
“The Sea Monster”
Theodor Kittelsen (1881)