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MYTHOLOGY

TITLE THE NECK DESCRIPTION ILLUSTRATION
CLIENT VAGABOND MUSIC DATE 2013
TITLE THE NECK
CLIENT VAGABOND MUSIC
DESCRIPTION ILLUSTRATION
DATE 2013

Illustration by Nina Børke

ACCORDING TO SCANDINAVIAN FOLK TALES, THE NECK WAS A MALE WATER SPIRIT WHO PLAYED ENCHANTED SONGS ON THE VIOLIN, LURING WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO DROWN IN LAKES OR STREAMS. HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF THESE SPIRITS WERE NECESSARILY MALEVOLENT, AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR NØKKEN HAS IN THIS CASE BEEN GIVEN A ROWDY, HUMOUROUS AND BACCHANALIAN CHARACTER, WHILE MAINTAINING THE MYSTERY OF THE WATER DEPTHS OF HIS HABITAT.