On this #FolkyFriday 🌳the Vernal Equinox calls forth the #Huldra—Norwegian forest spirits lurking in Northern Europe’s dark woods 🌲🌌 Known as Holder to Germanic folk, Tallemaja (‘pine tree Mary’) or skogsrå in Sweden, and Ulda in Sámi tales, she’s tied to the shaman Völva and Frau Holle 🌱🧙‍♀️ ✨A bewitching beauty emerges as spring stirs—fair-skinned, with long, wavy hair a🌸👱‍♀️💐, her back hollow with bark and a cow tail (or fox tail in Sweden). Beware hiking these tall woods: this trickster seduces single men, luring them to wed her 😈💍. At the altar, she turns crone-like to shock her groom—marry her still, and she gains fierce strength 🚶‍♀️🧙‍♀️💪. Her kin, the huldrekall, dwell underground, hideous with troll-like noses 👹 As the equinox balances light and shadow ⚖️✨🌑, her call echoes through the pines, blending beauty and danger. 📚(Ref: K.M. Briggs, The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature)