I’ve never heard of this creature before, but like bugbears and nachtkrapp before them, I love them.
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One second. *Looks at both of his Silverbolt Transformers Beastwars figures* If the talons are the forelimbs, is it still a Valravn? Primus knows his Bot mode fits the above image to a T.
Request: Luzon bleeding-heart totem. What would they wear to the (hidden from humans) beach?
Dear mythicals, please be patient for a little longer, the author works diligently on the series’ Happy End™.
(In which those pesky humans have got so many olde and novel boogeymen piled upon them in the mortal realm that they volunteer to switch their homes with the dragons. X-D )
The description of the valravn given here does not quite match the historical form of the mythical creature. The valravn occurs in nine Danish mediaeval folksongs, and is described as a man who has been cursed into the shape of a raven (with no fantastical features). The curse can only be broken if he drinks the blood of an infant.
The name “valravn” is also used to describe a heraldic figure of a creature with the body of an eagle and the head or forequarters of a wolf. This is different from the folksong tradition. The heraldic figure was associated with the extinct Danish noble Ulfeldt family, and with two noble families in Sweden.
Told the story—if in brief, as I’ve heard it. You’re right they’re Danish, not Norwegian though. My bad.
But~ no doubt there’s quite a few variants floating around. That’s common with folktales.
And Swede, tickled pink from having my question answered with such awesome art, for the record~! Think this is the second time I’ve managed to find something awesome that KoryBing hadn’t heard of before, so equally pleased to have helped preserve what seems like an obscure-er myth.
Last one was the Headless Mule AKA Mula Sem Cabeça, FYI. WAY~ back during the 2021 hiatus, even.
It’s an awesome creature I hadn’t heard of before now either, and was happy to immediately go read up on some of the various origin depictions as well as modern versions in games and…roller coasters? Lol
Calling it now, this would be an awesome addition to the Deep North biome of Valheim! Big, floofy monstrous wolfraven. <3
Oh, yum. Human hearts… Delicious. Me, I’m on a human heart-substitute diet myself. If I’m offered a human heart, I decline and eat something else.
You are no longer a humanitarian?
Can we see some more African creatures?
I’d love to see a Kambaltou which are described as shapeshifting creatures that look like the cross between a gorilla and a hyena. from Tuareg folklore.
or tankongh which is described as a rare, very small, shy animal resembling a zebra with a pair of small canine tusks from the forests of Guinea.
I’d love to see a Thunderbird, Kory. :)
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It would be especially cool if he or she were a Gerry Anderson fan!
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I am gobsmacked you did not know about Valravns, Kory! I quite like your take on it, though.
aw cute! I hope they can go scare humans on Halloween together
Aaaaaah the heart-eye :D
I don’t know if you’ve done one already, but I’d love to see a maned wolf/bearded vulture griffin! They’re my favorite animals.
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One second. *Looks at both of his Silverbolt Transformers Beastwars figures* If the talons are the forelimbs, is it still a Valravn? Primus knows his Bot mode fits the above image to a T.
Request: Luzon bleeding-heart totem. What would they wear to the (hidden from humans) beach?
Dear mythicals, please be patient for a little longer, the author works diligently on the series’ Happy End™.
(In which those pesky humans have got so many olde and novel boogeymen piled upon them in the mortal realm that they volunteer to switch their homes with the dragons. X-D )
The description of the valravn given here does not quite match the historical form of the mythical creature. The valravn occurs in nine Danish mediaeval folksongs, and is described as a man who has been cursed into the shape of a raven (with no fantastical features). The curse can only be broken if he drinks the blood of an infant.
The name “valravn” is also used to describe a heraldic figure of a creature with the body of an eagle and the head or forequarters of a wolf. This is different from the folksong tradition. The heraldic figure was associated with the extinct Danish noble Ulfeldt family, and with two noble families in Sweden.
Told the story—if in brief, as I’ve heard it. You’re right they’re Danish, not Norwegian though. My bad.
But~ no doubt there’s quite a few variants floating around. That’s common with folktales.
And Swede, tickled pink from having my question answered with such awesome art, for the record~! Think this is the second time I’ve managed to find something awesome that KoryBing hadn’t heard of before, so equally pleased to have helped preserve what seems like an obscure-er myth.
Last one was the Headless Mule AKA Mula Sem Cabeça, FYI. WAY~ back during the 2021 hiatus, even.
https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/2021-march-reader-question-11/
It’s an awesome creature I hadn’t heard of before now either, and was happy to immediately go read up on some of the various origin depictions as well as modern versions in games and…roller coasters? Lol
Calling it now, this would be an awesome addition to the Deep North biome of Valheim! Big, floofy monstrous wolfraven. <3
Oh, yum. Human hearts… Delicious. Me, I’m on a human heart-substitute diet myself. If I’m offered a human heart, I decline and eat something else.
You are no longer a humanitarian?
Can we see some more African creatures?
I’d love to see a Kambaltou which are described as shapeshifting creatures that look like the cross between a gorilla and a hyena. from Tuareg folklore.
or tankongh which is described as a rare, very small, shy animal resembling a zebra with a pair of small canine tusks from the forests of Guinea.
I’d love to see a Thunderbird, Kory. :)
-Badger-
It would be especially cool if he or she were a Gerry Anderson fan!
-Badger-
I am gobsmacked you did not know about Valravns, Kory! I quite like your take on it, though.
aw cute! I hope they can go scare humans on Halloween together
Aaaaaah the heart-eye :D
I don’t know if you’ve done one already, but I’d love to see a maned wolf/bearded vulture griffin! They’re my favorite animals.