Danish folklore consists of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs, myths and traditions communicated by the inhabitants of towns and villages across the country, often passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth. As in neighbouring countries, interest in folklore grew with an emerging feeling of national consciousness in 19th century Denmark. Researchers travelled across the country collecting innumerable folktales, songs and sayings while observing traditional dress in the various regions. Folklore today is part of the national heritage, represented in particular by national and local traditions, songs, folk dances and literature.
Danishfolklore consists of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs, myths and traditions communicated by the inhabitants of towns...
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence...
In Danishfolklore, a valravn (Danish: raven of the slain) is a supernatural raven. Those ravens appear in traditional Danish folksongs, where they are...
Ethnographer Svend Grundtvig collected a folkloric account of the myth of the Pleiades in Danishfolklore ("The Pleiades, or the Seven Stars"). In this...
In Danishfolklore, a helhest (Danish "Hel horse") is a three-legged horse associated with Hel. Various Danish phrases are recorded that refer to the...
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ballads in both Denmark and Sweden. It has been described as the best-known and most widely discussed in all of Danish balladry. During the Danish Romantic Period...
singing Christmas songs and carols and subsequently exchange presents. Danishfolklore is made up of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs...
Gjenganger, Attergangar or Gjenferd; Danish: Genganger or Genfærd; Swedish: Gengångare) in Scandinavian folklore was a term for a revenant, the spirit...
lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European folklore that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster living deep...
In the folklore of Scandinavia, Tycho Brahe days (Danish: Tycho Brahes-dage; Norwegian: Tycho Brahedager; Swedish: Tycho Brahe-dagar) are days judged...
Denmark (Danish: Danmark, pronounced [ˈtænmɑk] ) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe. It is the metropolitan part of and...
Stories of this type originate from England, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Isle of Man, and Scotland. In many versions of the tale the vessel...
"Elf-king") in Danishfolklore. The name is first used by Johann Gottfried Herder in his ballad "Erlkönigs Tochter" (1778), an adaptation of the Danish Hr. Oluf...
Ekke Nekkepenn (also Eke Nekepen, besides other various spellings) is a North Frisian legendary figure. In the middle of the 19th century, the local researcher...
Evald Tang Kristensen (24 January 1843 – 8 April 1929) was a Danishfolklore collector and author. Working first as a schoolteacher and later solely as...
Harpens kraft (Danish) or Harpans kraft, meaning "The Power of the Harp", is the title of a supernatural ballad type, attested in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian...
supported by modern historiography. According to the Danish Gesta the legendary King Rorik Slengeborre of Denmark made Orwendel and Feng rulers in Jutland, and...
arranged a marriage for her to Alf, the crown prince of Denmark, whose father was King Sygarus of Denmark. However, Awilda refused her father's choice. She...
typically translated into English as "fetch", a similar being from Irish folklore. The term fylgja also has the meaning of "afterbirth, caul", and it has...
enters Danishfolklore". The Guardian. p. 20. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Denmark v Germany:...
Elvenking (band), an Italian folk/power metal band Erlking, a german/danishfolklore fairy Erlkönig, a poem by Goethe This disambiguation page lists articles...
Andersen (/ˈændərsən/ AN-dər-sən, Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɑnɐsn̩] ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer...
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