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Water Spirits
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Selkie
Selkies are seals that shed their skins on land and live as humans. In tales from Scotland, Ireland and the Faroes, a man steals…
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Loch Ness Monster
Nessie is the world’s best-known lake monster. The modern legend began in Scotland in 1933, and its most famous photo was a hoax, yet…
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Nøkken
The nøkken (Swedish: näcken) is the water spirit of Scandinavia. He lures people into the water as a horse, an old man or a…
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Moura Encantada
The moura encantada is an enchanted woman from Portuguese and Galician legend. She guards treasure at springs and old ruins and can only be…
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The Moura Encantada – Portugal’s Most Beautiful and Saddest Legend is not a Monster at all…
At the edge of a spring, on the shortest night of the year, a woman of unearthly beauty sits combing her golden hair. She…
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The Eleventh Tune: The Violin Tune That Makes the Dead Get Up and Dance
In part two of our journey into the Nøkken, we go down into the cellar — to the place where music becomes more dangerous…
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The Lake That Bleeds: The Dark Truth Behind Scandinavia’s Drowning Spirit (Part 1)
For more than a thousand years, the lakes, rivers, and millponds of Scandinavia have been haunted by a creature that has no fixed shape.…