

MYTHOLOGY
TITLE | THE NECK | DESCRIPTION | ILLUSTRATION |
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CLIENT | VAGABOND MUSIC | DATE | 2013 |
TITLE | THE NECK |
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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.