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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 20, 2020 9:29:51 GMT -6
✨30 Natives and The Creepiest Urban Legends In Their Country ~ 1. Sweden Here in Sweden I think the two spookiest ones are Näcken, a naked old man that lives in rivers and ponds and plays a violin that places you into a trance. He then lures you into whatever source of whatever he lives in and drowns you.
The second one is the Skogsrå, who’d be a lot creepier if it wasn’t for the fact that she doesn’t really do all that much. She looks like a beautiful woman from the front, but her back looks like a rotten treetrunk with a hole in it. She lurks near the edges of deep forests and tries to seduce men. If you treat her well you’ll be bestowed with luck, but if you treat her badly you will be tromented by decease (Disease) and death. ~
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 21, 2020 6:48:37 GMT -6
Two scary legends *shivers*
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 21, 2020 12:08:07 GMT -6
2. Sweden What about my hungar though? Undead/ghosts from infants murdered by their mothers that well depending on the version do a bunch of different things. Haunt the places where they were buried with cries that could be heard at times. Ask to be given a name, since they were never baptized. Ask travellers to carry them to hallowed ground to be buried, an ardous task as the myling tends to grow bigger the closer you get. Or perhaps ask permission to breastfeed just one time. I’ll translate the story of one from Bergslagen that’s on wikipedia.
One tale from Bergslagen tells the story of an old crofter on his way back home from the tavern. He was greeted by a small boy with the words “Grandpa, grandpa, can I suckle?” The old man first refused the request but when the boy kept asking his question he finally answered. “If you have someone to suckle then suckle, but you can’t suckle me.” After that the boy left. When the old man finally got home to his cabin he found his daughter dead in the pull-out couch with blood running from her breasts. The old man’s answer let the boy take his revenge on his mother. The story tells: “When the boy was allowed to suckle, he knew where to go”. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 22, 2020 6:56:38 GMT -6
Wow, such an evil legend  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 22, 2020 11:36:49 GMT -6
YES!!
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 22, 2020 11:39:41 GMT -6
3. England Black Annis – In a grim, remote Leicestershire cave hewn with her own scraping, steel-clawed hands, the old crone Black Annis was said to hang the trophy skins of flayed children. A terrifying, lonely creature which lived in the branches of a gnarled great oak- the lone remnant of a long-dead great forest- Black Annis was thought to have been the husk of a forgotten dark Pagan Goddess. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 23, 2020 6:43:12 GMT -6
An incredibly creepy legend  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 23, 2020 11:01:23 GMT -6
This group seems especially gruesome, Rick. *shivers*
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 23, 2020 11:08:40 GMT -6
4. Ireland
A lot of modern interpretations of Faeries are based off Old Irish folklore and so I have to go with them.
Faeries aren’t whimsical little sprites. They are vindictive entities whose attitude and disposition towards you could change on a whim. Piss off a faerie and chances are you are going to have a miserable life. Though this works both ways, have one in debt to you and you are in mad luck… probably. Really fascinating folklore behind these creatures, I advise reading up on them. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 24, 2020 5:11:10 GMT -6
I am sure there are some evil Irish faerie legends but I prefer to think of the friendly ones win26
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 24, 2020 8:21:06 GMT -6
Yes Rick. I have read a few, like the Knockers and Piskeys, among others.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 24, 2020 8:24:29 GMT -6
5. Canada
In northern Canada there’s a creature called the wendigo. It used to be a person that once upon a time tainted his/her soul and ate human flesh. The wendigo became so consumed with flesh after that that it became insatiable. all attempts it makes at feeding itself grows the wendigo and doesn’t satiate it. They are said to have eaten their own lips because they just couldn’t resist As the legends go you should be careful while walking the forests. As thewendigo might capture you and eat you. But it won’t just eat you in one go. It’s used to hunger. It’ll keep you alive as long as possible so that it has a food source for as long as it can during the winter. ~
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 25, 2020 3:39:08 GMT -6
I have heard of this scary legend but northern Canada is way too cold for me so I am safe ... LOL
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 25, 2020 13:37:38 GMT -6
LOL Love it, Rick, because I know if you are safe, I am super safe.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 26, 2020 10:15:38 GMT -6
6. Salish People There is a similar theme in coast Salish tribes. The man in the woods. The Salish name escapes me, but I have a 300 year old cedar carving of this boogeyman in my living room. Given to my grandfather by a tribe as thanks for him keeping them safe over a tough winter, it was passed to me me eventually. Grandpa owned a remote logging camp and fed the natives when it got ugly out. They presented it to him, telling him that it was a story designed to keep kids from venturing off and getting lost.
But they admitted, that there had to be some truth to all the legends. A man lost in the woods, possible mental illness, cannibalistic due to extremes, snatching people.
Folklore can sometimes find itself rooted in fact.
Edit: took pics of it. Zouniqua or Tsouniqua was the name of the legend
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 27, 2020 6:53:43 GMT -6
An interesting legend and story of how his grandfather acquired the 300 year old carving  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 27, 2020 12:44:00 GMT -6
7. Norway
Here in Norway we have a lot of legendary creatures, but Draugen is probably one of the creepiest. Though descriptions of it tend to differ from place to place and story to story, the general concept of it is pretty much the same everywhere: Draugen is, essentially, the ghost of a person who has died at sea. He can be seen on stormy nights, sailing in the splintered half of a boat with shredded sails. His face is fish-like, with soulless, black eyes and a wide, gaping mouth, and he has kelp and seaweed for hair. Sailors and fishermen foolish enough to head out to sea at night may hear only its shriek before they are pulled beneath the waves, only to return as Draugen themselves, doomed to haunt the waters forever. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 28, 2020 6:44:11 GMT -6
Scary!
I doubt many head out to sea at night in that area.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 28, 2020 11:22:40 GMT -6
Nope!! Not me, Rick.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 28, 2020 11:26:22 GMT -6
8. More Norway Other Norwegian folklore monsters: Huldra: apparently a beautiful woman but with a tail – lures you into the dark forest where you die (and is eaten by her in some accounts) Nøkken: differs from the Swedish version mentioned elsewhere in the thread. In Norway he is a beautiful young boy who sits on stones in rivers playing the fiddle (or flute), luring you to drown as it is most often in streams with strong currents he sits Fjøsnissen: essentially a leprechaun or goblin, lives on farms (fjøs = barn), and will help you to good harvests and healty animals if you are kind and take care of your farm and him, often by leaving food out for him. If you are neglecting your farm or your Fjøsnisse, he will sabotage you leading to even worse harvests and sick/dead animals. Dodraugen: more modern brother of Draugen, this guy lives in your toilet pipes and takes bad children when they sit down to poop. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 29, 2020 6:38:16 GMT -6
At least Fjøsnissen has a positive side to his personality  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 29, 2020 12:24:06 GMT -6
And Dodraugen. How awful to have a legend whose sole purpose is to scare little children.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 29, 2020 12:31:24 GMT -6
9. United Kingdom We have a creature called a Kuri. It is known to wait near graves of people who have died on the moor. If you walk past one of these graves, it will latch on to you. It slowly convinces you of its existence over the course of weeks, if not months. First you may hear a faint whisper in your ear. You may dream of it or feel a cool touch on the back of your neck. Over time its presence will start to become more known. It will grab your leg in the night, start attacking you in your dreams, transpose its face onto your family members as you’re talking to them. It will never make itself known to anyone else, making you question your own sanity. It will start talking to you, asking you to go back to the moorland, promising you your freedom back if you do. Eventually, once the mental torment gets too much, you give in and wander back out to the moors. It will keep telling you you’re almost there, allowing you to wander aimlessly around. Eventually, exhaustion will strike you and you will be forced to watch your body succumb to the elements. As you lie there, unable to lift a finger, the Kuri tells you how much it will enjoy dragging your soul to hell. And like that, another grave is created. ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Jan 30, 2020 7:59:33 GMT -6
Spooky *shivers*
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jan 30, 2020 8:14:41 GMT -6
I agree, Rick
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You're welcome.
