Huldra is a seductive wood fairy or nymph of Norway that has the tail of an animal...
The word "huldra" in Norwegian means "hidden" or "covered" and the huldra is adept at hiding her fox or cow's tail and hollow back. The tail will show even when the Huldra put on long dresses to mix with mortals...
The Huldra usually appears as a beautiful woman dressed in the clothes of a common farm maiden.
The huldra can be a good or bad entity depending on the situation and storyteller.
She has been know to grant favors to those who treat her with respect and politeness, but is not so nice to those who don't.
They could kidnap men but also be kidnapped by them. In one story a man comes across an hulder on his farm and throws steel on her, which weakens her and allows him to catch her.
He than forces him to marry her and takes her to his village where he marries her in the church. The man, however, is unkind to her constantly insulting and her.
One day he insults her when she calls him in for dinner while he's out at the smithy so she goes down and grabs the red hot horseshoe he's trying to forge and bends it with her hands.
She than warns him that she could do the same to him, and from then on he is nice to her... (Kone av huldreætt)
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