The Huldre Dance On New Year's Eve

Two brothers argued whether there were Huldevolk. that it existed, but the other denied it. So it went a time until the one who denied the existence of the Huldrevolks, and said he wanted to leave and not come back until until he had certainty as to whether Huldrevolk existed or not. he wandered over mountains and uninhabited lands, hills and valleys, but still didn't get any wiser.

Nothing further is reported about his journey until one day he New Year's Eve came to a farm where the people were very sad The traveler was talkative and asked what was so clouding their joy. The cause would be, they said that nobody wanted to stay behind, to guard the farm while the others rode to church; because every New Year's Eve, for a long time, the guardian of the court disappeared, and therefore no one wants to stay behind; everyone who would expect his death. The stranger asked the people to beware of such not to fear superstitious talk, and offered to visit the court This was a relief for all of them, but they were still in Fear and anxiety about how it would turn out.

When the people of the courtyard were ridden on for the service, began he, a board from the wall clothing over the first bed in the To loosen the bathroom room [2] and crawled between the wall and wall clothing, Then pushed the board back, but left a little crack stand so that he could see the entire bathroom room.

But the dog that was with him was lying on the floor.

A little while after he had sorted this out, he heard a noise of human voices and footsteps outside, and immediately afterwards heard he saw a lot of people coming into the bathhouse. He saw that the dog grabbed and thrown to the ground so that every bone in him broke; then he heard that the newly arrived people were talking about said that the courtyard smelled of people; some said but that this is not so surprising, since people have only just started would have gone to church service.

After these guests had looked around, the man who was on the Lauer sat that they put a table in the bathroom and a gold-woven cover, a great treasure, spread over it, and that everything they used to set the table matched it; bowls and Plates, drinking vessels and knives, everything was made of silver. Then They sat down to eat and everything was done with great decorum. They left A boy was posted at the door to watch when the day would dawn, and that was either outside or inside. The man observed that every time the boy came in, he was asked how late it was now; but he always replied that it was still a long time be until the day.

Now the man gradually began to detach something from the partition wall, so that he could get out quickly if necessary. When the strangers had eaten their fill, he saw that a man and a woman were brought before him, and then he saw a third person who was a priest seemed to be coming towards them. Then a song began, and the usual wedding psalms were sung, and everything went to as is the custom among good Christians. When the wedding ceremony was over, There was dancing, and the joy lasted for a while. When she After dancing for a while, the doorkeeper of the Huldrevolk came in and was asked again if there was much of the night left, and he answered that the sixth part was still left. Then the lurker called out, who had sneaked out of the opening and behind the doorkeeper It said: "You lied, because now the day is in the middle of the sky!" The dancing Huldre people were so horrified by this that they immediately killed his doorkeeper; but meanwhile the man who had Courtyard, again between the wall and its cladding. When the Huldre people had killed the doorkeeper, they all ran as fast they could, out, like lambs on a sheep-bridge, and left all her things back. When the man saw this, he followed her in some distance, and the last thing he saw of them was that they were in a lake near the farm. Then he returned to home and collected everything, the leftover food and the precious Dishes.

Shortly afterwards, the people of the court came home from church; they were pleased to see the man who had guarded the farm, and asked him if he had noticed anything. He replied that there was not much and he told them everything. Then the people were clear that the previous guardians must have shown themselves, and that the had become her ruin, just as it had become that of the dog, who was seen.

The people of the farm thanked the man who had guarded the farm with many and beautiful words for his courage and gave him everything that the Huldrevolk had left behind and he could only carry away. Then He hiked home and met his brother there. everything and said at the same time that he would no longer deny that there were Huldrevolk. Later he took over the Court, married and was lucky in all endeavors of his life. He was considered an excellent man in his area, was hardworking and knew good advice in difficult cases. But from the court, which he had guarded that night, it is said that there was never a person disappeared on New Year's Eve.


Footnotes:

[2] The shared living room and bedroom.