How to Understand: The Kyrko(Church) Grim, The Swedish Church Guardian!

Описание: The Swedish Church grim is a ghostly creature that is strongly associated with guarding churches and protecting graveyards from evildoers and evil spirits! This video will be about this very strange Swedish blend of Christian beliefs and southern Nordic/Swedish folklore and traditions and how the Kyrkogrim/Church Grim can almost be considered an holy creature. So let's go down into the depths of legends, myths & folklore in Sweden regarding this creature.

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Sources and Literature for further reading

Arvidsson, Alf ,1999, Folklorens former. Lund: Studentlitteratur

Durán, Laila & Moe, Anne Kristin (2012). Scandinavian folklore 2. 1. ed. [Märsta]: Duran Publishing

Egardt, Brita, 1944, ”De svenska vattenhästsägnerna och deras ursprung” i Folkkultur. Meddelanden från Lunds universitets folkminnesarkiv, 1944, 4:e årg.

Hultkrantz, Åke, 1991, Vem är vem i Nordisk mytologi. Gestalter och äventyr i Eddans gudavärld, Rabén & Sjögren

J., Pape,1946 Studier om kyrkogrimen. Folkkultur.

Nicolovius (Nils Lovén), 1996 [1847]; Folklivet i Skytts härad i Skåne vid början av 1800-talet, 6:e uppl. Kristianstad

Schön, Ebbe (2005), Folktrons ABC, Carlssons Förlag

Schön, Ebbe (1998), Svensk folktro A-Ö. Hur vi tänkt, trott och trollat, Prisma

..., Swedish folk tales , 2004, Edinburgh: Floris

Tro och väsen [Elektronisk resurs] Kykrogrimen. ,2014, Utbildningsradion


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