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Published: 2012-05-10 14:30:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1973; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 26
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Skogsrået, or huldra, is a old mythological creature from my little part of the world. She is basicaly a forest version of the greek siren. She prey upon stupid and horny (almost always a bad combination) men working alone in the forest. She is a pretty woman from the front but her back is made of wood and she have a tail.The mythological creatures of the Swedish forests are not cute and nice, on the contrary they are often scary and dark. It makes sense as the forest here is usualy a cold, dark and hostile enviroment for humans.
Edit: The black and white didn't realy work this time. Perhaps I should try coloring it instead.
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This is amazing, but this is because I'm intrested in all mythological. I think I have heard of the huldra before...
I really like the b/w version but I wouldn't mind to see a coloured version either. XD
On another note... I think her thumb is on the wrong side? But you could fix that with a little line. If I saw this wrong, I'm sorry.
A really beautiful picture
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There are many good stories about the huldra though I don't think she is well known outside Sweden and Norway. But most countries have their own versions of her I guess. Dangerous but charming spirits of the wild have always been popular in mythology.
Stupid nasty hard to draw hands, always messing up my art. I better just start all over with a new picture I guess.
Thank you very much.
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I have read a couple of books about mythological creatures and sometimes did research for some pictures I did.
So I'm quite sure I read about her, becaus the whole "front woman, backside tree" thing sounds pretty familiar.
But you're right every country has it's wood spirits.
Well, looking forward to your new pic 
You're very welcome
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Realy old mythology is realy interesting. For example reading Asterix as a kid made me study a bit about the celts.
Except countries without woods. They have sea or desert gods and spirits instead.
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Indeed! I found very intresting mythological creatures and one I'll use for an enemy. And as much as I know, only few know about these creature anyway. It is a local being XD
True. Also mountain spirits.
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It is fashinating to think that not long ago these creatures was quite real for us.
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Indeed. But to some they still are. It is deep down in our subconscious. And that is amazing.
I just thought about stuff like that today.
Why we are still afraid when we hear a noise in a dark celler, even though we know that there can't be anything dangerous?
Stuff like that.
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For almost as long as there has been humans the forest has been a dark and dangerous place where you can get lost or be killed by something hiding there. Those who didn't fear the dark unknown was removed by natural selection. This fear won't go away anytime soon just because we recently tamed the wilds of the Earth.
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I kind of like that it's like this to be honest.
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Älskar Huldror! Ville bli vara en då jag var liten, vilket är riktigt skumt, men hursomhelst....Jätte snyggt!
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Tack för favoriten. Skogsrået är ett av mina favoritmonster. Nog kan jag förstå att man skulle vilja vara lika farlig och vacker som ett skogsrå. Jag tror nog att jag rita ett nytt skogsrå.
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Actually, mythological forest creatures of any culture are rarely cute and nice. The forest has always been a place of danger and it's only in the very recent past that we began to idealize that into something pleasant and beautiful.
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True, and the same for marine equivalents. I guess these days we don't have a reason to fear whatever lurks in the dark woods anymore so we can turn the old mythological creatures into something more cute and marketable.
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Yeah, something like that.
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Let's blame it on Disney.
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That was fast! Thank you.
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I am just fats
And your welcome
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