The Lindworm

Description

The Lindworm was a giant serpent monster, about 20 feet long and thick as the thigh of a man. On his back there is bushy hair. The head looks like a pike and on top of the head there is a crown. The Lindworm is considered to be king of all snakes. The Lindworm tries to hypnotize its victims. In order to move fast he bites his tail and then he looks exactly like the huge mill wheel beside Huseby mill. When he does that, we usually call him The Wheelworm.

Story

Many years ago just behind the shop at Huseby there was a big impressive linden tree. Gustava, one of the women working at Huseby, living in the house next door, said that the tree was at least 100 years old. When a linden tree becomes that old a Lindworm can be born inside the tree. She said that once a boy climbed up the tree and fell down through the hollow trunk. He was never seen again. The Lindworm took him, Gustava said. In order not to risk that the Lindworm would get up and out of the tree, three ironbands were put around the trunk. Metal always make the Lindworm powerless. Many years later when the tree was cut down, a dried skeleton of a big snake was found at the bottom of the trunk.

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

When the Lindworm is biting its own tail, he looks like a huge wheel. Therefore you should curl yourself up as much as possible, so he cannot see you. You must also close your eyes so he cannot hypnotize you.