Fossegrim
Ringkasan
Fossegrim adalah roh air atau troll dalam cerita rakyat Skandinavia, pemain biola ulung di air terjun dan sungai yang dapat mengajarkan keahliannya dengan imbalan persembahan.
Fossegrim is a water spirit or troll of Scandinavian folklore, a master fiddler of waterfalls and streams who can teach his skill in return for an offering.
Kisah dan tradisi
Fossegrim, juga disebut grim saja dalam bahasa Norwegia atau Strömkarlen ("Lelaki Sungai") dalam bahasa Swedia, adalah roh air atau troll dalam cerita rakyat Skandinavia. Ia sering digambarkan sebagai lelaki tampan tanpa busana yang bermain biola di sungai dan air terjun, dikaitkan dengan roh penggilingan kvernknurr dan berkerabat dengan roh air nokken, sehingga di Swedia kadang disebut näcken. Ia pemain biola yang luar biasa: bunyi hutan, angin, dan air bermain di senar biolanya. Lagu strömkarl Swedia konon punya sebelas variasi, dan yang terakhir disimpan untuk roh malam. Ia mau mengajarkan keahliannya dengan imbalan persembahan makanan pada Kamis malam secara rahasia, seperti kambing jantan putih yang dilempar ke air terjun yang mengalir ke utara atau daging domba asap. Bila dagingnya kurang, ia hanya mengajari cara menyetel biola. Pemain biola terkenal seperti Myllarguten dan Ole Bull dikabarkan belajar darinya.
Fossegrim, also simply the grim in Norwegian or Strömkarlen ('the Stream Man') in Swedish, is a water spirit or troll of Scandinavian folklore. He is often shown as a handsome naked man playing the fiddle in streams and waterfalls, linked with the mill spirit kvernknurr and related to the water spirit nokken, so that in Sweden he is sometimes called näcken. He is an exceptionally gifted fiddler: the sounds of forest, wind and water play over his strings. In Sweden the strömkarl's tune reportedly comes in eleven variations, of which the last belongs to the spirits of the night. He will teach his art for a secret food offering on a Thursday evening, such as a white he-goat thrown into a north-flowing waterfall or smoked mutton. If there is too little meat he teaches only how to tune the fiddle. Famous fiddlers such as Myllarguten and Ole Bull were rumoured to have learned from him.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Skandinavia
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Spirit
- Habitat
- Water
Nama lain / Alternate names
Grim, Strömkarlen, Näcken
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Patung pemain biola Ole Bull di pusat kota Bergen menampilkan fossegrim yang memainkan harpa di bawah air terjun.
The statue of the violinist Ole Bull in central Bergen shows a fossegrim playing his harp beneath falling water.