Huldrer

Have you heard of Huldra? The Hulder people are in Norwegian folklore, supernatural beings who live underground and in mountains. Huldra is a beautiful woman with long hair and a cow’s tail. She is known for luring young men, into the mountain, with her beautiful singing. The Hulder people belong especially to the mountain farming tradition, and many people believed that they lived on the farm, when they themselves did not use it. When the farmers came to the mountain farm in early summer, they often asked nicely to move in and sang loudly, to give the Huldre people time to leave the farm. The Hulder people are rich, have strong horses, milk-rich cows and sheep with good wool. The sagas indicated that inside the mountain, there was more than enough food, drink and valuables. Several saga stories about the Hulder people have been circulating on the farms in the Flåm Valley. For example, a farmer got hold of a hulder cow, by throwing a piece of steel over it. It was a great cow, and the farmer had several fine calves bred. Many people claim to have seen the Hulder people in the valley and the fairy tale of our own huldra Nora, is inspired by local sagas and such claims.