Scary, indeed. And her name sounds somewhat Tolkien-esque to me. I went and looked up "Swedish folklore" in Wikipedia - lots of interesting stuff! And it looks like Swedish folklore is similar to English, which is not surprising: trolls, giants, dwarves, elves, kelpie. Kraken! And I remember reading about Odin, Thor, and also about nisse. I had this Big Book of Christmas as a kid and it had stories about nisse in it as well.Originally Posted by Johanna
Because of their common Germanic origin, Scandinavian folklore shows a large correspondence with folklores elsewhere, such as in England and Germany among others.