DK-myths
”Mosekonens bryg” can’t be directly translated, because the word doesn’t exist at English. But if I should explain it, then it’s “the swamplady’s brew”. It’s an expression you use when there’s a thick mist over the swamp, or the meadow. According to the myth, then it’s the woman that is brewing porridge, beer or coffee, which is responsible for the mist. She should also be related to the elves.
The Danish Vikings were feared all over Europe (789 – 1066). Almost all of Europe was in constant fear from being invaded by the terrible Vikings. Vikings don’t exist anymore, but there’ll always be a little tiny bit of Viking in a Dane. We like to think that in our greatest time, no enemy was too tough, and the whole world feared them. We attacked and robbed big countries like England, France and Italy. We ruled England, Sweden and Norway, that how we remember the Vikings.
The Vikings still exist but not as the brutal as they were before. The Danish Vikings changed into the modern Danish society we know today.
What Danes think when they hear the word “Vikings”
Rye Bread – A whole-wheat bread.
Valhalla – house of the gods
Harald Bluetooth – A Viking
A drinking horn
Armors
Ships made of wood
Toy helmets – made of plastic
Blonde fat ladies
Long curly hair
Fur from an animal
Knifes
Rapists
Fat people
Wooden huts
Green mushrooms
Fighting – blood – death
Sausages
Big men
Rye Bread – A whole-wheat bread.
Valhalla – house of the gods
Harald Bluetooth – A Viking
A drinking horn
Armors
Ships made of wood
Toy helmets – made of plastic
Blonde fat ladies
Long curly hair
Fur from an animal
Knifes
Rapists
Fat people
Wooden huts
Green mushrooms
Fighting – blood – death
Sausages
Big men
“Pigestenen”
“Pigestenen” is directly translated to ‘The Girls Rock’. This big rock, which is placed in the middle of the landscape on Læsø, was named because the farmer girls sought refuge from the studs, when they chased the cows’ home. Beside the rock should turn when it smells freshly baked bread.
“Pigestenen” is directly translated to ‘The Girls Rock’. This big rock, which is placed in the middle of the landscape on Læsø, was named because the farmer girls sought refuge from the studs, when they chased the cows’ home. Beside the rock should turn when it smells freshly baked bread.
If the stork moves away:
If a stork has build a nest at your house and then moves its eggs ore young’s to another place, it means that the house it moved away from, is going to burn to the ground. This believe is very old, and there were even a captain that gave op the war because all the storks flew away from the city.
If a stork has build a nest at your house and then moves its eggs ore young’s to another place, it means that the house it moved away from, is going to burn to the ground. This believe is very old, and there were even a captain that gave op the war because all the storks flew away from the city.
Danish Myths and Legends
Nordisk mythology
In the Viking Age the danish people had many different Gods. Now we call them the old Nodic Gods. The Vikings pictured that the Gods lived in very big familys. There were different kind of Gods, there was the good and the bad ones. The good Gods was called “Aserne”, while the bad Gods was called “Jætterne”. Odin, one of the good Gods, who is the upperste God. He has only one eye, because he gave the other to Mimer, one of the bad Gods, so he could get his big wisdom. You can recognise him by his two raven, two wolfs and his eight-legged hors Sleipner. Wednesday is named after Odin, in danish Wednesday is called “onsdag”, and for a long time a go, we acually called it “Odinsdag”, like it was Odins day. There is also a God callad Tor/Thor, he’s one of the gut Gods. Tor is the thundergod. When he rides over the sky and swing his hammer, that is called Mjølner, ther comes thunder and lightning. Thats why he also is a fertilesgod, like Freja (I’ll tell about her in a moment), because he take care of that it rains on the fields. When Tor throws his hammer, it always come back to him. He also have goats that he can eat, and if he dosen’t eat the bones or do anything to their fur, they are alive afterwards. Thursday is named after Tor, and in danish it is “torsdag”, it means Tors day. Freja, the fairest of all Gods and she is the goddess of fertile and for example spring and happiness. Her wagon is dragged by cats, when she isn’t riding her pig, Hildesvin. She carries a jewellery, called “Brisingamen”, and it breaks if she gets mad. Loke, isn’t a good God, but a “Jætte”, one of the bad Gods. “Jætterne” was the Gods and the humans worst enemy, but Odin has mixed blood with Loke, so he’s respected and lives with the other Gods in “Asgård”. He is the father to a lot of monsters, for example “Midgårdsormen”, that’s a big, big, BIG worm that will eat Odin, the greatest God, when “Ravnerok” comes. “Ravnerok” is when all the Gods will die, and there will be war. Loke gives a lot of big problems for the Gods.
In the Viking Age the danish people had many different Gods. Now we call them the old Nodic Gods. The Vikings pictured that the Gods lived in very big familys. There were different kind of Gods, there was the good and the bad ones. The good Gods was called “Aserne”, while the bad Gods was called “Jætterne”. Odin, one of the good Gods, who is the upperste God. He has only one eye, because he gave the other to Mimer, one of the bad Gods, so he could get his big wisdom. You can recognise him by his two raven, two wolfs and his eight-legged hors Sleipner. Wednesday is named after Odin, in danish Wednesday is called “onsdag”, and for a long time a go, we acually called it “Odinsdag”, like it was Odins day. There is also a God callad Tor/Thor, he’s one of the gut Gods. Tor is the thundergod. When he rides over the sky and swing his hammer, that is called Mjølner, ther comes thunder and lightning. Thats why he also is a fertilesgod, like Freja (I’ll tell about her in a moment), because he take care of that it rains on the fields. When Tor throws his hammer, it always come back to him. He also have goats that he can eat, and if he dosen’t eat the bones or do anything to their fur, they are alive afterwards. Thursday is named after Tor, and in danish it is “torsdag”, it means Tors day. Freja, the fairest of all Gods and she is the goddess of fertile and for example spring and happiness. Her wagon is dragged by cats, when she isn’t riding her pig, Hildesvin. She carries a jewellery, called “Brisingamen”, and it breaks if she gets mad. Loke, isn’t a good God, but a “Jætte”, one of the bad Gods. “Jætterne” was the Gods and the humans worst enemy, but Odin has mixed blood with Loke, so he’s respected and lives with the other Gods in “Asgård”. He is the father to a lot of monsters, for example “Midgårdsormen”, that’s a big, big, BIG worm that will eat Odin, the greatest God, when “Ravnerok” comes. “Ravnerok” is when all the Gods will die, and there will be war. Loke gives a lot of big problems for the Gods.
Vampire
In a small town called Rudkøbing, there once lived a shoemaker and his daughter Signe. Signe had a terrible cold, and was dying. The shoemaker went to see the old wise woman to find out if she could cure his daughter. She said that she couldn’t cure her, but she could make sure that she didn’t die. The shoemaker accepted the offer and walked home. One week later Signe died. The shoemaker was furious, and he got the old wise woman convicted for witchcraft. Just before they burned her, she cursed the Signes coffin up into the church something happened. The coffin was placed in front of the altar and all the people was sitting in the church, when they heard someone laugh in the back of the church. They turned around to see who it could be. It was Signe who stood in the doors of the church. The shoemaker hurried up to the coffin, but it was empty. When he looked back, Signe had disappeared. At the city council they decided to bury the coffin behind a small pond, drive a wooden stake through it and place a big rock on top of it. Since that, Signe didn’t bother them anymore.
In a small town called Rudkøbing, there once lived a shoemaker and his daughter Signe. Signe had a terrible cold, and was dying. The shoemaker went to see the old wise woman to find out if she could cure his daughter. She said that she couldn’t cure her, but she could make sure that she didn’t die. The shoemaker accepted the offer and walked home. One week later Signe died. The shoemaker was furious, and he got the old wise woman convicted for witchcraft. Just before they burned her, she cursed the Signes coffin up into the church something happened. The coffin was placed in front of the altar and all the people was sitting in the church, when they heard someone laugh in the back of the church. They turned around to see who it could be. It was Signe who stood in the doors of the church. The shoemaker hurried up to the coffin, but it was empty. When he looked back, Signe had disappeared. At the city council they decided to bury the coffin behind a small pond, drive a wooden stake through it and place a big rock on top of it. Since that, Signe didn’t bother them anymore.
Dannebrogs history
There is a story about how our flag, Dannebrog, came to our country. When our country was in war with Estonia, the Danish flag came down from the sky. It happened June the 15th 1219, and that makes Dannebrog the eldest flag in the world.
There is a story about how our flag, Dannebrog, came to our country. When our country was in war with Estonia, the Danish flag came down from the sky. It happened June the 15th 1219, and that makes Dannebrog the eldest flag in the world.
Holger Danske:
“Holger Danske” is a statue, in the catacombs of the castle “Kronborg”. And whenDenmark
“Holger Danske” is a statue, in the catacombs of the castle “Kronborg”. And when
”Krølle Bølle” is a troll, who lives on Bornholm, which is an island in Denmark. He ran around stealing all the fish, cake and stuff, on
Trolls that throws with big rocks:
In Denmark there’re many stories about trolls that throws with big rocks. All most in every part of the country you’ll hear stories about the rock-throwing trolls. Mostly the stories explain hills, and why big stones are at the top of a hill. One of the stories are a story about two trolls that tries to hid a church, and that’s why the church is all black at the top, and one of the stones flew so close by, that the church tower is a little oblique today.
In Denmark there’re many stories about trolls that throws with big rocks. All most in every part of the country you’ll hear stories about the rock-throwing trolls. Mostly the stories explain hills, and why big stones are at the top of a hill. One of the stories are a story about two trolls that tries to hid a church, and that’s why the church is all black at the top, and one of the stones flew so close by, that the church tower is a little oblique today.
Evil evening:
A man and his wife owned a pub, and their only son had gone to America. They didn’t herd from him in years. The day he came home he decided to surprise them, so he went to their pub and rented a room. But before he did that, he went to the neighbours pub, and he told everyone there, what he attended to do. When he came to his parent’s pub, they weren’t happy to take him in. Then the wife suggested that they killed him, and took everything he owned. But the man weren’t to happy about that, so she went to the neighbours pub to have a drink. Then the guests at the other pub told him that it was his own son at his pub, so he hurried back home, but only to be met of his wife standing in the doorway, saying that he didn’t have to do anything, because she had already taken care of him. Crying he told his wife that it was their own son she had just killed. It became an evil evening. Therefore the place is now known as ‘Evil evening’.
A man and his wife owned a pub, and their only son had gone to America. They didn’t herd from him in years. The day he came home he decided to surprise them, so he went to their pub and rented a room. But before he did that, he went to the neighbours pub, and he told everyone there, what he attended to do. When he came to his parent’s pub, they weren’t happy to take him in. Then the wife suggested that they killed him, and took everything he owned. But the man weren’t to happy about that, so she went to the neighbours pub to have a drink. Then the guests at the other pub told him that it was his own son at his pub, so he hurried back home, but only to be met of his wife standing in the doorway, saying that he didn’t have to do anything, because she had already taken care of him. Crying he told his wife that it was their own son she had just killed. It became an evil evening. Therefore the place is now known as ‘Evil evening’.
Written by: Signe, Jeppe, Tor and Sara
