av fortellerkunstner | jan 28, 2016 | In English
It is another #folkloreThursday and time for a character from the Norwegian folklore. The devil is a character with many names: “hinmannen”, Eirik, Old Erik, ugly man, the evil himself, “the father himself” and “puken”. The...
av fortellerkunstner | jan 21, 2016 | In English
Juhuu, another “#FolkloreThursday and here is a new character from the Norwegian folklore. The word “deildegast” name comes from the German word “geist” meaning spirit and “deild” is a name for boundary/border stone. And this touch the theme....
av fortellerkunstner | jan 7, 2016 | In English
Then the event finally back, and here is a new character in the series of characters from Norwegian folkbelief. In December, I focused on characters related to Christmas rather than following the alphabetical order. Here are the characters that I’ve already...
av fortellerkunstner | des 17, 2015 | In English
Today is the Christmas goat for some maybe one of those dusty straw things you can put on the Christmas tree (see here), for others a masquerade you do the time between Christmas eve and New years’ eve. This cheeky character was out on Christmas Eve, after it was dark...
av fortellerkunstner | des 10, 2015 | In English
If your child were traded for one of the faery people’s or unseen people’s children, the replaced child would be a changeling. This could happen if you did not take certain precautions after the baby was born and before it was baptized. If it was baptized, it was...
