As a Dane, I absolutely love this. H.C. Andersen has some of the most surreal, depressive, beatutiful, and fantastic tales of Danish literary history. So much to explore. Some clarifications: I'm not sure why it says "Sir" Garbo, but a Garbo is a goblin that lives on a farm and gives it good fortune. Yes, fingers have names. From thumb to pinky: Tommeltot, Pegefinger, Langemand, Guldbrand, and Peter Spillemand.
As a Swede, that list of finger names looks like a mix of the commonly used words (Tumme, Pekfinger, Långfinger, Ringfinger, Lillfinger) which are equivalent to the English (Thumb, Index Finger, Middle Finger, Ring Finger, Pinky) and the more obscure names which I think are from some old nursery rhyme (Tummetott, Slickepott, Långeman, Gullebrand, Lilla Vickevire).
@@KarlKristofferJohnsson There exists a Dutch version too! I've learned them as Duimelot, Likkepot, Lange Jan, Korte Knaap, and Pinkelot, though the internet shows over a dozen variations in various dialects. My local version tells the story of a child being sent to bed, who then conspires how to steal candy beforehand, but one of the fingers warns not to do so, or they'll snitch on them. It's open ended but I like to think Duimelot got away with it.
5:18 - With which wax were the floors waxed? The witch wax? Ah, with the witch wax. 6:50 - On this week's episode of the Goblin Bachelor... 9:47 - Dance to End All Dances. Can you get that one on DDR? 11:49 - "The Goblin Chief didn't like her, because he's a coward..." 12:20 - Daughter who only tells the truth? We interrupt Hans Christian Anderon's "The Elf Mound" to bring you Marta from "Knives Out".
@@keenirr5332 You speak of the Huldra, a Scandinavian forest spirit! Not sure how they're depicted in Arthurian legend but from what I recall, looking into the bottomless pit of their back was a bad news...
Don't know if it's an official thing, but I'm 100% going to have creatures native to the Faewild (Feywild?) in my D&D games not have shadows when they're actually in the Faewild. That's a a really satisfying little detail!
I love these OG stories from the time before Narrative Structure. Things just happen, they probably have naught to do with whatever the tale is about, you're lucky if there's a moral let alone a consequence. There's a purity to it.
Goblin chief has a friend named Sir Gobbo? 14:05 This story officially sounds like an improvised D&D conversation because the DM had only planned for their players to fight the goblin chief because his boys didn't wear suspenders.
Love details like faeries not having shadows. Our eladrin ranger lost her shadow after she visited the Feywild for the first time and has yet to get it back.
I dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the login password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Vincenzo Gael I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
Nice :) and thanks for the story! I remember some of the andersen fairy tales from my childhood, but I can't recall this one. Love the weirdness of the banquet too!
This is definitely the best retelling of that story I have ever heard :D If you haven't already take a look at the Peer Gynt story from Norway. It has some great shenanigans as well and was quite nicely musicized by Grieg.
The fairy tale that’s always stuck with me as über classic (and, after watching the anime adaptation as a kid, really stick with me) is the “12 [sometimes 6 or 3] Dancing Princesses”/“The worn out dancing shoes.” I’d love to see a Story Dael about my favorite :)
Really enjoy listening to you talk about these tales! Especially when I already know of them :D If you're ever looking for another bizarre scandinavian fairy tale to talk about then I suggest 'Prince Lindworm'. It's a slightly weird one that I like. (don't know what the english translations are like, though.)
Interestingly, even though this is written by our most famous author (by far), "Elf Mound" is the least known of two stories with the same name, the other being "Elves' Hill" - both are called "Elverhøj" in Danish. "Elves' Hill" is a comedy written by Johan Ludvig Heiberg in 1828, and has since been performed more than a thousand times at the Royal Danish Theatre. Also, "Elves' Hill" features "Kong Christian stod ved højen mast", our "King's song" (sort of like a secondary national anthem) - probably because the play was commissioned by the king. It's a song praising the king for his might, and rejoicing in seeing our enemies flee before us. It has some really excellent lines, like: "His weapon hammered so mightily that the enemy's helmet and brains were shattered".
pretty sure "with tails" means tail coats, like the german high society would have worn in the life time of HCA. I could be wrong, but that was my first thought, as a musician (strange i know).
I, personally, like the mental image of trolls putting on non-coat tails and them attaching and becoming real, living tails and them picking the type of animal tail for an evening as a fashion choice. Them also having coattails could make it even better, though.
@@MonarchsFactory _talking to one with a fox tail before they're interrupted by one with an eccentric one with an exotic monkey tail who brings up the subject of aquiring crocodile tails he's heard about?
@@MonarchsFactory one with a raccoon tail *and* a tailcoat! Raccoons were apparently kept as pets in germany as early as the 1750s, so not out of the question. Imagine all the nobles who woke up one day to find their tailcoats stolen and their raccoons tail-less
@@MonarchsFactory 1. The old elf maid isn't hollow back, it's a description of her dress that has no back. In danish it also says her jewelry is on her forehead. 2. The whole white wand thing - In danish it says that she could put a white stick in her mouth and then SHE disappears. 3. Sir Garbo is just "the Garbo" in danish - which I have no idea what is. But apparently he sings a bunch of songs. 4. In danish the worm is described as "elendige dyr" which can be interpreted as "poor thing", but could also mean that he is worthless, and therefore his opinion is void. I hope this was of some help/interest to you :)
Judging by what I know of Danish/Norwegian folklore I'm guessing 'goblin' would be better translated as 'troll'. And that obviously fixes every bit of confusion to be had in this story, absolutely nothing I don't understand anymore!
I *love* Faerie Daels so so much! I enjoy everything on this channel, but Faerie Daels hold a special place in my heart! Also - 10:20 - “Making the Bone Horse dizzy” is a term I shall be using for certain... things from now on.
"Dovrefjeld" means "Dovre mountain". "Enige og tro inntil Dovre faller" (Agreeing and faithful until Dovre falls) is the Norwegian constitutional oath made when it was made a country in 1814, so Dovre is kind of a big deal!
I cannot remove the image of a warty, old, Norwegian Goblin chief now hitting me with them bearskin shoulders and and those sledge boots over-layed with your Vogue examples. So, thanks for that. Great retelling Dael! Also, parts of this are totally also in Symbaroum: Fever of the Hunt I'm not paid to say this, I just feel like they totally stole ideas from out of my brain sometimes.
Thanks for the video! You're right, the details and little features of this story are definitely the most interesting aspect of it. I think the oddest folklore story I've read is this Norwegian tale where a boy visits the North Wind and is given a cloth that magically produces food, a ram / donkey that magically produces coins, and a stick that....hits people.
Realizing now with enormous regret the opportunity I missed by not having horrible Norwegian goblin royalty at the faerie ball I ran for my D&D group a couple months ago.
We see that you went on with the video right after the thirsty trap thing. It was a good Tuesday then. It was away for a Fairy Dael. I've never heard of this one before
That was a wonderful retelling, and I only have one teensy "um, actually" for you. The first daughter turns herself invisible by putting the wand in her mouth. It sounds like the translation you have implies that she eats the wand or something.
I just found out about your channel and I absolutely love your communication style and content! I devoured your videos, my grandma has never received so much emails! Extra: You could easily be a game designer (I mean, not just for TTRPG but any kind of games)
It has partly to do with the translation. I think they use Goblin to denote all kinds of enchanted creatures. In the original language it's called "troldfolk" or trollfolk in English I guess, even though the term means all kinds of enchanted creatures, and not just trolls. In the original they talk about merfolk, not water goblins. Ok, that's about it. :) Did I manage to kill your joke?
"Took a white wand in her mouth it vanished away" Did the youngest daughter give someone a gobby, and if so, why wouldn't you want that skill in a heterosexual wife?
@@drekfletch Nah, religion does not play much of a part in "his" fairy tales. I write "his", because a large deal of them are folklore stories that he wrote down or rewrote in his own way. Many of the fairy tales have really odd, and sometimes even disturbing morales. The Tinderbox for example where a returning war veteran wrecks havoc in the community, while he is supposed to be the main character. But that is typical for folklore. Probably because of the stories have been retold a thousand times, and are a mish mash of seperate stories weaved together in strange ways. His writing skils shines in his sense of humor and his prose, less so in the morality of the tales. I don't think he was too focussed on that. That's not to say that you can image morales from his stories in Christianity. Because they are universal issues.
That was a nice thumb nail keep up the good work on the quality of your videos. Your videos are like wine they just get better as your channel ages. Also can you think of the most cringe awkward pick up line and take that feeling away from this, I just don't have the time to come up with one today, kthxbai.
The title of the video confused me at first because there is two literary works in Danish literary tradition called "The Elf Mound" - and one of them is very much not in any way written by H.C. Andersen. The other one involves the Danish King pretending to be Cesar and crossing into the territory of the Elf King (almost like the "Erlkönig" in the classic Göethe-style). But yeah, this one is much more your Faewild-esque if I recall the other Elf Mound correctly. And as a Dane I really loved this Faerie Dael ^^
"Hollow back" is a technical term in bookbinding (it means the spine of the cover isnt adhered to the spine of the textblock), so when Dael said the elf woman had a hollow back it really threw me. Like, an Oxford tube hollow? Is she a case binding?
Edward Gurney Danish (probably pan-Scandinavian) elf girls have hollow backs - sort of like a trough. At dusk and dawn you can see them dancing in the meadows, and they lure young men to join them. Those who do become entranced, and dance until they die from exhaustion.
The names of the fingers are from an old Norwegian nursery rhyme: Tommeltott, Slikkepott, Langemann, Gullebrand, og lille Petter Spillemann. "Tommeltott" is just a cutesy version of "tommel", which literally means thumb. "Slikkepott" means "spatula". "Langemann" means "long man". "Gullebrand" means something like "golden pole". "og lille Petter Spilleman" means "and little Petter Fiddler" ("Petter" being a name).
This video will be great for your view count, I had to watch it twice just to figure out what the hell the story was actually about! (just because of the insanity, nothing to do with your telling, which was great as always)
:D It's names from long ago. "Peter Spillemand" means Peter the Fiddler. Maybe that sounds even more disturbing? lol I don't know why it was translated as playfellow. It's names from old times children's games and songs. I don't think modern kids would relate in any way :)
"I have to read this, because I can't be responsible for these words"
As a Dane, I absolutely love this. H.C. Andersen has some of the most surreal, depressive, beatutiful, and fantastic tales of Danish literary history. So much to explore. Some clarifications:
I'm not sure why it says "Sir" Garbo, but a Garbo is a goblin that lives on a farm and gives it good fortune.
Yes, fingers have names. From thumb to pinky: Tommeltot, Pegefinger, Langemand, Guldbrand, and Peter Spillemand.
As a Swede, that list of finger names looks like a mix of the commonly used words (Tumme, Pekfinger, Långfinger, Ringfinger, Lillfinger) which are equivalent to the English (Thumb, Index Finger, Middle Finger, Ring Finger, Pinky) and the more obscure names which I think are from some old nursery rhyme (Tummetott, Slickepott, Långeman, Gullebrand, Lilla Vickevire).
We have the same nursery rhyme in Norwegian: Tommeltott, Slikkepott, Langemann, Gullebrand og lille Petter Spillemann
Guldbrand og peter spillemand?? Hahah det har jeg seriøst aldrig hørt om før
@@KarlKristofferJohnsson There exists a Dutch version too! I've learned them as Duimelot, Likkepot, Lange Jan, Korte Knaap, and Pinkelot, though the internet shows over a dozen variations in various dialects. My local version tells the story of a child being sent to bed, who then conspires how to steal candy beforehand, but one of the fingers warns not to do so, or they'll snitch on them. It's open ended but I like to think Duimelot got away with it.
Is there a similar story for your toes? We tell "This Little Piggy" to children while kinda tickling there feet. Lol
Catch me wandering the woods at 3am on the night of a full moon trying in vain to get abducted into the fae realm
If you're outside at 3AM you sound away with the fairies to me tbh
The first rule of the fae realm is that you can't get there on purpose, so good luck.
I’m stealing that party guest list for dnd
Faerie Daels are the best Daels
5:18 - With which wax were the floors waxed? The witch wax? Ah, with the witch wax.
6:50 - On this week's episode of the Goblin Bachelor...
9:47 - Dance to End All Dances. Can you get that one on DDR?
11:49 - "The Goblin Chief didn't like her, because he's a coward..."
12:20 - Daughter who only tells the truth? We interrupt Hans Christian Anderon's "The Elf Mound" to bring you Marta from "Knives Out".
So the fairy is a hollow-back girl?
Yes. The opposite of Gwen Stefani.
@@MonarchsFactory Inafets Newg does sound like a fae name...
Tom I am ashamed at how long it took me to get that...
I think I read once that King Arthur met a hollow-back woman (or a backless maiden - two different fae?)
@@keenirr5332 You speak of the Huldra, a Scandinavian forest spirit! Not sure how they're depicted in Arthurian legend but from what I recall, looking into the bottomless pit of their back was a bad news...
That was a great start with the lizards, I like how it starts from someone talking about it
Don't know if it's an official thing, but I'm 100% going to have creatures native to the Faewild (Feywild?) in my D&D games not have shadows when they're actually in the Faewild. That's a a really satisfying little detail!
According to the story here, they are also all left-handed. If that matters?
@@iamnotevenanumber3312 That's really interesting! I've never heard that, but that's a cool little detail!
Definitely an odd story that doesn't quite go anywhere. But loaded with cool quirks and details to inspire any Fey based adventure!
"but then he had no eyes in his head, poor thing."
gotta remember this line for future shade throwing
😂😂
I LIVE for Faerie Daels ❤️
I love these OG stories from the time before Narrative Structure. Things just happen, they probably have naught to do with whatever the tale is about, you're lucky if there's a moral let alone a consequence. There's a purity to it.
Goblin chief has a friend named Sir Gobbo? 14:05 This story officially sounds like an improvised D&D conversation because the DM had only planned for their players to fight the goblin chief because his boys didn't wear suspenders.
I have missed your Faerie Dales! That was delightful.
"A little bizarre.." - Um, sounds a bit understated.
I am by now incapable of listening to old stories and fables unless the telling is by Dael. Her take on fairy-tales is perfection.
Now I absolutely must know the names of the other fingers.
Love details like faeries not having shadows. Our eladrin ranger lost her shadow after she visited the Feywild for the first time and has yet to get it back.
That's so coooool!
Dael, you're the best storyteller I've ever seen! 💜
I enjoy these stories.
I love these Faerie Daels 😊 I don't think I'd get anywhere near the same level of nuance on a reading of my own!
I dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account?
I somehow forgot the login password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Alden Eliseo instablaster =)
@Vincenzo Gael I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Vincenzo Gael it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thank you so much you saved my ass!
@Alden Eliseo Glad I could help :D
You know who is like a fairy tale? OMAR!
I always tune in for Faerie Daels.
Do they have more Fairy tales like this on their channel??
Took a while to get into it. Really off put at first. But the more i listened, the more i had to listen. It just drew me right in. So awesome!
It's tradition and amazing that every Dael video has an after-credits scene.
Nice :) and thanks for the story!
I remember some of the andersen fairy tales from my childhood, but I can't recall this one. Love the weirdness of the banquet too!
This is definitely the best retelling of that story I have ever heard :D If you haven't already take a look at the Peer Gynt story from Norway. It has some great shenanigans as well and was quite nicely musicized by Grieg.
Saving this to use as a possible Feywild encounter
Yeah, that's a nope for the youngest daughter. I don't want my wand to disappear.
xD I thought that was wicked good skillz there! I'll grab her then!
...oh can you say "grab" nowadays??
The fairy tale that’s always stuck with me as über classic (and, after watching the anime adaptation as a kid, really stick with me) is the “12 [sometimes 6 or 3] Dancing Princesses”/“The worn out dancing shoes.”
I’d love to see a Story Dael about my favorite :)
Really enjoy listening to you talk about these tales! Especially when I already know of them :D
If you're ever looking for another bizarre scandinavian fairy tale to talk about then I suggest 'Prince Lindworm'. It's a slightly weird one that I like.
(don't know what the english translations are like, though.)
Interestingly, even though this is written by our most famous author (by far), "Elf Mound" is the least known of two stories with the same name, the other being "Elves' Hill" - both are called "Elverhøj" in Danish. "Elves' Hill" is a comedy written by Johan Ludvig Heiberg in 1828, and has since been performed more than a thousand times at the Royal Danish Theatre.
Also, "Elves' Hill" features "Kong Christian stod ved højen mast", our "King's song" (sort of like a secondary national anthem) - probably because the play was commissioned by the king. It's a song praising the king for his might, and rejoicing in seeing our enemies flee before us. It has some really excellent lines, like: "His weapon hammered so mightily that the enemy's helmet and brains were shattered".
ive never heard of hollaback fairies
Sweeps because they ain’t no hollaback fairy... gurlll
Love how you tell stories!! Thanks for sharing this one :)
pretty sure "with tails" means tail coats, like the german high society would have worn in the life time of HCA.
I could be wrong, but that was my first thought, as a musician (strange i know).
I'm still keeping my funny metal image of the goblin chefs tieing silly toy tails onto themselves to go to the ball.
I, personally, like the mental image of trolls putting on non-coat tails and them attaching and becoming real, living tails and them picking the type of animal tail for an evening as a fashion choice.
Them also having coattails could make it even better, though.
[gasp] troll with a raccoon tail
@@MonarchsFactory _talking to one with a fox tail before they're interrupted by one with an eccentric one with an exotic monkey tail who brings up the subject of aquiring crocodile tails he's heard about?
@@MonarchsFactory one with a raccoon tail *and* a tailcoat! Raccoons were apparently kept as pets in germany as early as the 1750s, so not out of the question. Imagine all the nobles who woke up one day to find their tailcoats stolen and their raccoons tail-less
Yay Fairy Daels!
Yes, yes, yes, I love these.
Thank you, Dael
4:46 really is the best verbatim reading.
It is always enjoyable to watch these tales! Your own spin and humor on these wonderful old stories is great!
Fun retelling. I had to look this up as I've never heard this fairytale before and I'm Danish. Found the Danish version to read
Were there any juicy differences that got lost in translation?
@@MonarchsFactory
1. The old elf maid isn't hollow back, it's a description of her dress that has no back. In danish it also says her jewelry is on her forehead.
2. The whole white wand thing - In danish it says that she could put a white stick in her mouth and then SHE disappears.
3. Sir Garbo is just "the Garbo" in danish - which I have no idea what is. But apparently he sings a bunch of songs.
4. In danish the worm is described as "elendige dyr" which can be interpreted as "poor thing", but could also mean that he is worthless, and therefore his opinion is void.
I hope this was of some help/interest to you :)
thank you for sharing this with us; very enjoyable
As a Norwegian, you can clearly read some friendly banter between Norway and Denmark here!
I would pay for Dael to deliver me more stories in this style but intended for bedtime stories xD
Well that was a trippy thing to listen to. Honestly, I doubt I could have gotten through a read, so thanks for the narration!
Judging by what I know of Danish/Norwegian folklore I'm guessing 'goblin' would be better translated as 'troll'. And that obviously fixes every bit of confusion to be had in this story, absolutely nothing I don't understand anymore!
These videos are magical. Thanks!
I love your crowing skills
Always a good day for a fairy dael
I *love* Faerie Daels so so much! I enjoy everything on this channel, but Faerie Daels hold a special place in my heart!
Also - 10:20 - “Making the Bone Horse dizzy” is a term I shall be using for certain... things from now on.
There are many terms here to be thus used, methinks.
Your presentation of this story really made it come to life.
More Faerie Daels, please! 😊
Hooray! A faerie dael! And thank you for looking so fabulous in red. Stay well.
Eyy, finally got to watch the video, huh?
@@MonarchsFactory I did. It was a wonderful story of faerie weirdness. Thank you.
"Dovrefjeld" means "Dovre mountain". "Enige og tro inntil Dovre faller" (Agreeing and faithful until Dovre falls) is the Norwegian constitutional oath made when it was made a country in 1814, so Dovre is kind of a big deal!
yeah, look up "Dovrefjell" on Google images and you can see it with your own two eyes, guys. Cheers
And you are pronouncing it pretty well i would say - just skip the D sound at the end 🗻
It's also a home to trolls that live under the mountain in Norwegian folklore!
It's also got good old Dovregubben
Yessss more Faerie Daels!
How do you not have a daellion subcribers already?
Automatic thumbs up for flipping off the Goblin King. Because screw that jerk. 😅
Well this was great fule for my game! Thank you.
I kinda want to hear about the ghost presents.
I also want a ghost present
I cannot remove the image of a warty, old, Norwegian Goblin chief now hitting me with them bearskin shoulders and and those sledge boots over-layed with your Vogue examples.
So, thanks for that.
Great retelling Dael!
Also, parts of this are totally also in Symbaroum: Fever of the Hunt
I'm not paid to say this, I just feel like they totally stole ideas from out of my brain sometimes.
I'm watching this while sitting in Hans Christian Andersen Park!
omg that's PERFECT!!
So I take the first daughter of the elf king is single?
I laughed a lot at this. I wrote a book recently that involves fairies so this story felt really close to home. These are still super engaging!
Thanks for the video! You're right, the details and little features of this story are definitely the most interesting aspect of it.
I think the oddest folklore story I've read is this Norwegian tale where a boy visits the North Wind and is given a cloth that magically produces food, a ram / donkey that magically produces coins, and a stick that....hits people.
Zeroeth! Here before the video is even online... new record, yay!
Liking the video before it's even processed is some Big Bread energy
Realizing now with enormous regret the opportunity I missed by not having horrible Norwegian goblin royalty at the faerie ball I ran for my D&D group a couple months ago.
We see that you went on with the video right after the thirsty trap thing. It was a good Tuesday then.
It was away for a Fairy Dael. I've never heard of this one before
I love this! It has inspired me, thank you!
That's right, give the goblin chief the ol lock-picking/forgery (I don't know which one).
That was a wonderful retelling, and I only have one teensy "um, actually" for you. The first daughter turns herself invisible by putting the wand in her mouth. It sounds like the translation you have implies that she eats the wand or something.
I love listening to Faerie Daels!
Wait a second... skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, dark ebony hair... nah can't be I've been spent too much time binging this series
God the CRAH from the raven made me jump out of my skin
Pretty tame for a faerie story
Lizards gotta stop bitching 😂
Also "Trolls in Tails" is going to be my fantasy tailors business...
For a second it sounded like an acid trip or something
that's what they called me in high school, ser garbo
With which witches' witch wax was which washed, waxed with?
Liking for Dael flipping off the camera on "women should stay in the kitchen".
And, you know, just in general.
I just found out about your channel and I absolutely love your communication style and content! I devoured your videos, my grandma has never received so much emails!
Extra: You could easily be a game designer (I mean, not just for TTRPG but any kind of games)
Thank you very much! 😊
Huh. The idea that Faeries have no shadows is intriguing. I'll be borrowing that for my Fae Wild.
Water goblins? Hmmm, new subspecies! :)
It has partly to do with the translation. I think they use Goblin to denote all kinds of enchanted creatures. In the original language it's called "troldfolk" or trollfolk in English I guess, even though the term means all kinds of enchanted creatures, and not just trolls. In the original they talk about merfolk, not water goblins. Ok, that's about it. :) Did I manage to kill your joke?
So the old goblin chief marries the daughter? Talk about a Fey-December romance!
Take your upvote and get out
Is “making the bone horse dizzy” a euphemism?
ThirstTrapRPG outfit on point!
Gotta use it once you're wearing it
"That, sir, is called assault"
What is this strange otherrealm? A place 'tween video and unvideo!?
"Took a white wand in her mouth it vanished away"
Did the youngest daughter give someone a gobby, and if so, why wouldn't you want that skill in a heterosexual wife?
Gobby... Goblins... There's a joke in there somewhere...
H.C.A.'s stories are Very Christian. Probably thought the skill was vulgar and impious.
@@drekfletch Ahh, so she should have done it through a hole in a sheet.
@@drekfletch Nah, religion does not play much of a part in "his" fairy tales.
I write "his", because a large deal of them are folklore stories that he wrote down or rewrote in his own way.
Many of the fairy tales have really odd, and sometimes even disturbing morales. The Tinderbox for example where a returning war veteran wrecks havoc in the community, while he is supposed to be the main character. But that is typical for folklore. Probably because of the stories have been retold a thousand times, and are a mish mash of seperate stories weaved together in strange ways.
His writing skils shines in his sense of humor and his prose, less so in the morality of the tales. I don't think he was too focussed on that.
That's not to say that you can image morales from his stories in Christianity. Because they are universal issues.
That was a nice thumb nail keep up the good work on the quality of your videos.
Your videos are like wine they just get better as your channel ages.
Also can you think of the most cringe awkward pick up line and take that feeling away from this, I just don't have the time to come up with one today, kthxbai.
The Elf Mound, or alternative title Cant(rip) Hardly Wait.
The title of the video confused me at first because there is two literary works in Danish literary tradition called "The Elf Mound" - and one of them is very much not in any way written by H.C. Andersen. The other one involves the Danish King pretending to be Cesar and crossing into the territory of the Elf King (almost like the "Erlkönig" in the classic Göethe-style).
But yeah, this one is much more your Faewild-esque if I recall the other Elf Mound correctly. And as a Dane I really loved this Faerie Dael ^^
"Hollow back" is a technical term in bookbinding (it means the spine of the cover isnt adhered to the spine of the textblock), so when Dael said the elf woman had a hollow back it really threw me. Like, an Oxford tube hollow? Is she a case binding?
Edward Gurney Danish (probably pan-Scandinavian) elf girls have hollow backs - sort of like a trough. At dusk and dawn you can see them dancing in the meadows, and they lure young men to join them. Those who do become entranced, and dance until they die from exhaustion.
The whole wand, huh ... neat ...
the tails were suits, no?
I mean, like tailed suits, like a smoking.
Was that ghost presence or ghost presents? Because one is a lot more desirable.
The names of the fingers are from an old Norwegian nursery rhyme:
Tommeltott,
Slikkepott,
Langemann,
Gullebrand,
og lille Petter Spillemann.
"Tommeltott" is just a cutesy version of "tommel", which literally means thumb.
"Slikkepott" means "spatula".
"Langemann" means "long man".
"Gullebrand" means something like "golden pole".
"og lille Petter Spilleman" means "and little Petter Fiddler" ("Petter" being a name).
I love this, thank you for bringing this to me
Ivar Kråbøl No, it's obviously based on the equivalent Danish nursery rhyme. Keep your filthy, Norwegian hands off HC Andersen!
@@boesvig2258 In my defence, the fingers being named were of Norwegian origin.
This video will be great for your view count, I had to watch it twice just to figure out what the hell the story was actually about!
(just because of the insanity, nothing to do with your telling, which was great as always)
not sure how I feel about one of the fingers being "peter playfellow" but hey you do you goblin king
:D
It's names from long ago. "Peter Spillemand" means Peter the Fiddler. Maybe that sounds even more disturbing? lol I don't know why it was translated as playfellow.
It's names from old times children's games and songs. I don't think modern kids would relate in any way :)