Huldra
Sign in to saveA hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual). She is known as the skogsrå "forest spirit" or Tallemaja "pine tree Mary" in Swedish folklore, and '''''' in Sámi folklore. Her name suggests that she is originally the same being as the völva divine figure Huld and the German Holda.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.name
- Hulder
- Mythical creature.image
- Huldra's Nymphs.jpg
- Mythical creature.caption
- ''Huldra's Nymphs'' (1909) by Bernard Evans Ward
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Legendary creature
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Humanoid
- Mythical creature.Country
- Norway
- Mythical creature.Region
- Scandinavia
- Mythical creature.Habitat
- Forests
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- Huldufólk "hidden folk", skogsrå baobhan sith, glaistig siren, succubus
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Folklore
- Relations with humans
- Toponyms
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Sámi
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual). She is known as the skogsrå "forest spirit" or Tallemaja "pine tree Mary" in Swedish folklore, and '''' in Sámi folklore. Her name suggests that she is originally the same being as the völva divine figure Huld and the German Holda.
The word hulder is only used of a female; a "male hulder" is called a huldrekall and also appears in Norwegian folklore. This being is closely related to other underground dwellers, usually called tusser (sg., tusse'').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huldra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.