Fossegrimen

Origin: Scandinavian Mythology
Habitat: Water (Waterfalls)
Behavior: Harmless

Description: 

• He is a young and handsome looking man that sits at the base of the waterfall playing a fiddle. 

Facts: 

• The Fossegrimen is neither good nor evil.
• The Fossegrimen is described as an exceptionally talented fiddler: the sounds of forest, wind and water play over his fiddle strings.
• The Fossegrimen is said to be willing to teach his skills in exchange for a food offering made on a Thursday evening. They enjoy 'fenalâr (smoked mutton) If the meal isn't sufficient, he'll only teach the supplicant how to tune the fiddle. If the offering is satisfactory, he will take the pupil's right hand and draw the fingers along the strings until they all bleed, after which he will be able to play so well that "the trees shall dance and torrents in their fall stand still".