Description
Trolls are usually harmless. They live like families inside the mountains or deep into the woods and they can be very old. If the light of the sun reaches them, they crack. They are usually small, like half-grown children and they are not very pretty. There is an old saying; ”there is only one thing more ugly than one troll, TWO trolls!” The trolls voluntarily exchange their babies for a human baby. The troll baby is then called a changeling. To tell stories about a changeling made it easier to understand why children sometimes looked different. Now and then the trolls would kidnap children or grown ups. When a person suddenly disappeared in the woods, the explanation was that you hade been carried away by the trolls.
Story
Once upon a time a young girl called Kerstin lived close to Huseby mill. One day when she was herding the cows in the forest, she disappeared. Everyone looked for her, but they only found the cows. She had been carried away by the trolls. Inside the mountain she had to work hard, cooking, cleaning and looking after the trolls children. Kerstin also had to carry the big heavy golden bowls outdoors into the sunlight. The bowls were used as lamps inside the dark mountain. Now and then the trolls put a special bonnet on her head to make her invisible and sent her out to steal food. One day Kerstin was sent to Huseby mill to steal grain. Suddenly the miller bumped into her, he couldn’t see her. The bonnet was tilted and Kerstin was not invisible any longer. Everyone was happy that Kerstin was back. But poor her. She had been working so hard carrying heavy stuff all the time. Her arms were now so long so they were touching the ground ever after.
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
Trolls hate garlic, fire, metal and Christian words. Wear a troll cross made of metal around your neck. When you are in the dark woods just sing a hymn on top of your voice and the trolls will disappear far away.
Description
The fairies are considered to be very dangerous. They live underground close to the places where they dance. They are dressed in white and look just like small girls. Late at nights and early mornings they can be seen dancing in the mists, above the meadows, hills and moors. When they dance on the grass, a circle appears called a fairy ring. Their dance is called the fairy game and you shall never participate in that game. If the fairies get angry, which they get very easily, they can put all kind of diseases on you.
Certain stones with small and big holes in them are called fairy stones. If you put fat and a coin a two into the holes, the fairies will take the money and remove the diseases they have caused.
Story
Already during The Middle Ages people were very afraid of the fairy game. A young man called Olof, who was a riding soldier, lived in a croft called Marhult at Huseby. The morning before he was getting married, he rode out on his horse at dawn. Suddenly he saw the fairies dancing on a hill. The queen of the fairies caught sight of him, held out her hand and beckoned him to come. Olof refused to take her hand, knowing it could be dangerous. The queen became furious and she told him that something very serious was going to happen. Olof turns his horse around and rides in spur towards home. Just after his return he becomes severely ill and falls off the horse. He was carried into the croft but before sunset he was dead. The wedding, well that just became a memory.
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
Never ever dance with a small girl dressed in white late at nights or early mornings.
Description
According to Swedish folklore the evil spirit of the water, called Näcken, is very dangerous and tries to trick people into the water so they drown. Like many other beings he can transform himself, sometimes to a white horse called The Brook Horse. At Huseby The Brook Horse could be found close the lakes Salen and Åsnen. He tries to trick the children to get up on his back and then charge into the water to drown them.
Story
The first day when the children at Huseby school were on summer holidays they decided to go swimming. On their way to the lake they saw a big white horse in the meadow. Although there were many horses at Huseby they had never seen such a beautiful horse before. They approached the horse and started to pat him and he really liked it.
Suddenly the horse bent down his front legs and one of the boys climbed up on its back. It waited and the other children could also climb up. The more children, the longer its back got. Finally all twelve children were seated on its back. The horse turned its head towards the lake and charged away. Anders, one of the boys shouted: ”Oh my God where is he going?”
When the horse heard the name of God, he came to a dead stop. Shook its back and the children fell off into the grass. Then the horse disappeared into the lake with a splash.
Now the children understood what kind of a horse they had been riding on. Since that day the meadow is called The Brook Horse meadow.
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
If you throw a piece of steel between the horse and the lake then his power disappears. He dislikes everything about Christianity, so when shouting Oh my God or likewise his power also disappears.
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