That brings me back memories of when is was ~5 years old and visiting my father’s cabin in the forest, which had a copy of that painting on the wall. He would put hall of the mountain king on full blast and tell troll stories just to scare me from time to time.
Nøkken was scarier though, kept me from going down to lake alone after dark, which I guess was the original intention of that creature.
That brings me back memories of when is was ~5 years old and visiting my father’s cabin in the forest, which had a copy of that painting on the wall. He would put hall of the mountain king on full blast and tell troll stories just to scare me from time to time.
Nøkken was scarier though, kept me from going down to lake alone after dark, which I guess was the original intention of that creature.
What is the name of that picture if you kbow perhaps?
The Water Sprite (Nøkken in Norwegian) by Theodor Kittelsen
He was one of the most popular artists in Norway due to his illustrations of Norwegian fairy tales and legends.
Some of his other works includes:
Pesta (personification of the black death)
And The Forest Troll
Ngl the Pesta ones are quite spooky.
The skogtrollet is rad though