Fyribua - Fýri Búa

Gilt bronze fragment from "the Temple Pyx", Germany, mid 12th century

from The Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Forde Abbey

John Bauer (Swedish, 1882-1918)

Tre svanor kommo flygande med susande vingslag

mezzotint

An evil presence fills this place

Cultist Church, by me, 2024

Photographer: Oliver Dreßler

"Mushrooms and Rowan" by Kh. Yakupov (1980)

The Changelings, from Cyrus Graner's Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 by John Bauer (1913)

I hate reading a cool piece of folklore and tracking down its location, only to find out the location has long since been paved over >:(

According to legend, the legendary Danish hero Holger Danske once got a pair of magical glasses from a witch that would allow him to see through anything. He tested them on Nørre Fælled, a well-known right outside Copenhagen, where he laid down and saw straight through the Earth. But when he stood up again, two big holes were left behind, which later filled with water and became lakes.

This map was made in the 1600s, where the glasses-lakes are clearly visible

Nowadays there's just a big dumb hospital in its place, and no sign left of Holger Danske or his witch glasses >:(

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