I nøden spiser fanden fluer.

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A retelling of a Norwegian folktale in the genre of ‘’The devil gives people rides’’.

 At least part 1 of 2. Not sure if I am interested enough in the second half of the story to draw it out since this is the interesting bit.

But there are a lot of subtle cultural things going on in this folktale the narrator expects the audience to know about. So let’s start from the beginning:

Keep reading

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Maybe sometimes that useless emotional support devil is ok.

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(( Part 2 of the Norwegian folktale ‘’Fanden and the boy’’.

Here’s Part 1! ))

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(( Based on the Norwegian Folktale ‘’Fanden and the Boy’’

Part 1.

Part 2! ))

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In Scandinavian folklore, the devil would every Sunday write the names of those who fell asleep during church services into their book.

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Norwegian Folktale retelling of the story ‘’Fanden and Futen’’.

The small historical context behind the Fut was that they would collect taxes and debt for local landlords, but from from the 1600′s they became the Danish-Norwegian’s king’s tax and debt collectors.

They were highly unpopular with the population.

 Another fun fact is that in Danmark-Norway,  11. June and 11. December,  tax and debt collecting days were in jest called ‘’The Devil’s Birthday’’.

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Wistfully longing for the day I get myself working on that comic I’ve wanted to do for these two…

Fanden Tyken (they\them) Riley (She\her)

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(( I haven’t done much on Tumblr which. Yeah... my fault. But I probably would have roleplayed more on Tumblr if it was a better website and didn’t delete everything I write constantly. 

I can write something, go on youtube to switch a song real quick, and then everything’s gone. Gone with the wind. As if it was never written. It doesn’t make for a fun time, I’ll admit.

It’s as if it’s using negative conditioning... how dare I write \ how dare I look away.

Anyways, Tumblr is a functional website. ))

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Reading (mainly Scandinavian) folklore and history books and about how the devil is presented in them is so funny to me. 

The devil out of pure spite against the church: Gives people an education, food, money, tells people to go against the establishment, says sex is ok actually, magic and curses. And they give people an opportunity to NOT be miserable and a way to climb the social ladder. Also acts as the midwife to women giving birth out of wedlock and an out from unwanted parenthood.

The church: NO!!! THAT’S ILLEGAL!!! STOP THAT!!!! YOU’RE EVIL AND YOU MUST BE STOPPED!!! STOP RUBBING YOUR EVIL LITTLE HANDS ALL OVER WHAT IS NATURAL AND HOLY!!! 

The devil: No.

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Worldbuilding Starts With You!

Made for muns building their own setting, this collection of questions is meant to help muns and their followers further their setting(s) as per their followers’ curiosities.

A: Locations

Are there any notable capital cities? How large are they in comparison to other notable cities?

How many continents exist? How many oceans?

Are there any first-, second- or third-world countries? Or is it an apocalyptic setting?

What are is one of the most dangerous areas in your setting? How so?

Are any locations given great significance whether magical, religious or otherwise?

Are there any places that people actively make pilgrimages to?

Do any ruins exist that are frequently explored, researched or sought after?

Are there any locations that are taboo to visit? If so, why?

Are any areas set aside for magical, religious or cultural reasons? What are they like?

Are there any places that are utterly unlivable? How so?

B: The Living

How many species or races exist thus far? Share a little about them if you’d like!

Does the supernatural exist throughout the world? If so, are they kept hidden from the majority or are they well-known?

What race or species dominates the world? If none, is it an equally-dominated realm between the major races and/or species?

What’s the most dangerous animal life that exists?

What’s the most dangerous plant life that exists?

Are there any insects that don’t mirror our own? What sorts are they?

What sorts of animal-, plant- and insect-life exists that are endangered or extinct?

Are there any major groups that are at odds or at war with one another currently?

Are there any taboos that exist for the major races or species? What are they and what consequences does one suffer for dabbling in them?

What’s the dominant race or species currently?

C: Magic v. Science/Technology v. Religion

Is the world ruled more by magic, technology and science, religion or a mixture of them?

What sorts of magic exists in this world, if any? Are there any severe limitations to magic use?

What methods of transportation are most common?

Is there a prominent religion or several equally practiced religions?

Do any religious figures help govern the lands and people?

Do any magical figures help govern the lands and people?

Do gods exist? Tell us about a god or goddess that resides in the world.

Does religion play a role with how laws are developed or is it geared more toward science/technology or magic in mind? If magic exists, do any laws govern over the use of it?

Is medicine further advanced than our own or is it less so? If magic exists, does it play a part with healing the sick or injured?

How far has technology advanced in this setting? Or has it regressed due to some apocalyptic or cataclysmic event?

D: Culture

Are there any unusual traditions among the people and species that exist?

Is there any supernatural phenomena that coincides with folklore or legend?

Are any plants, animals, or locations given great significant meaning? If so, why?

Is information and education evenly spread or is it more of a privilege?

What’s a well-known myth or legend? Is there any truth to it?

What are marriage ceremonies like? Do they differ between the major groups of races or species?

What are funeral rites consist of? How do they differ between the major groups of races or species?

What sort of holidays exist? Do they mirror our own, or are they vastly different?

What sorts of government or ruling systems exist? Are they independent based on the species or race in questions?

What sort of currency or bartering system exists?

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(( Ok, so. Tyken likes birds, they have a lot of pet birds. Magpies mainly that imprinted on them and can’t be in the wild (they’re their favorite). They always got a pet bird flying about. Always. 

Though, sadly, a lot of birds typically only live for about a decade. So whenever they die, Tyken decides whether they want to either stuff the animal and display it as a decoration. A cherished, memorial for the animal they've raised and lost. Or if they'll keep the bones by going through the long process of seeing them decompose, macerate them, degrease, and wash them before placing them in the cabinet.

They get to cry, they get to mourn, they get to see them return to nature, and leave behind a small something to remember them by. Something physical to show that they were there and that they're still loved. They really cherish their animals even if they might show it in a bit untraditional way. Their bird skull collection might be their most priced possessions (for sentimental reasons), actually.

They regularly clean and work with the bones. They might sometimes be used for magical purposes. They also give them offerings in death, like worms and good food, for their spirits to take. The birds are a small something worth venerating for them. When they miss them they'll walk over to the bones to hold and talk to. They find it therapeutic. 

They collect bones from other animals too, but that's for fun based around their fascinations surrounding death more than anything else. They think it's neat! Same with taxidermy and wet specimen jars. ))

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maggotmuses​:

Ah. It didn’t matter how drunk he was, it was easy for him to notice the disdain in other people. He shrank down into himself, wishing that he could sink down into the earth. Maybe if he wasn’t so afraid of the thought of being buried alive… He looked apologetic and shameful, particularly at the notion of getting him off the street. Was he that much of a nuisance? Of course he was.

“ Sorry… Do I have … Number? No… Money, yes? But you can’t trust them, you can’t. They kidnap people… And no one would ever know… They would never look for me. They never do. ” Hypocritic perhaps, but he really didn’t want to be on the receiving end of it. “ It’s okay. I’m on my way… home. Home? Yeah. I know my way home, I won’t be in they way. ” They glanced at the other, thoughtfully… Gauging potential. But no, they looked too scary. Almost familiar… Maybe? He didn’t really think before he spoke, fidgeting with his clothes. “ I’ve seen you… Somewhere? I don’t see a lot of people outside of… Work…? Maybe a doctor… ” The more he mumbled, the more it seemed like he was talking to himself rather than the stranger.

Crossing their arms, Tyken took a drag from their cigar and used it to support their head as they listened to the drunk’s ramblings. ‘’Oh dear...’’ they replied dryly. And here they thought the taxi companies screened their drivers better than that to avoid accidents like he described. 

Quirking their head they mulled over his question, drumming their hand against their cheek. ‘’Oh my!’’ they chuckle, covering up their much too big grin. ‘’No, no, I am no doctor, but hospital visits are frequent enough. I am a funeral worker, you see. How... are we acquainted exactly?’’ they trailed off at the end, their face going along with the mental journey and struggle to put a name or a face on the drunk. If they were even acquainted at all. 

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Starter for @fandensflytrap // Kai & Whoever

Was he alone, drunk wandering the streets late at night? Perhaps. Something that normally gave him an anxiety attack ( and he wasn’t exactly comfortable ), but alcohol had a habit to make him braver to a fault. And he was so very lonely now that his latest companion had outstayed his welcome. Maybe a trip to the bar, maybe he could manage to chat someone up. He was free for another day after all.  Stumbling on his feet, he knocked into the person in front of him, almost losing his balance completely. ( He hadn’t even noticed, caught up in his own loop of thoughts, plans. ) “ Ah- Sorry! Sorry… ” He tried to shuffle back, swaying dangerously close as he tried to regain his balance. “ I didn’t mean to-”

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Staying outside with a cigar in their hand for a smoke break, Tyken breathed in the cool night air, and listened to the buzzing of the night life. 

They didn’t move out of the way for the obviously drunken person as they thought themself to be standing at a conveniently and easy to avoid spot closely against the wall of the building they were going to revisit once their cigar was done away with. Alas, they were apparently not as conveniently placed as they wanted to think they were, it seems. As he crashed into them, making them almost lose their cigar out of their hand. 

Tyken gave the drunken passerby a cringed look of second hand embarrassment. Wandering the streets like a highly noticeably and half dead drunk had no place in the public sphere to do. Drinking had a time and place but the streets was not that place. Distasteful is what it was.

‘‘Er... yes... very well. Apology accepted,’’ they hesitantly got out. Skeptical. No need to get too upset, yet, they suppose. ‘’But you really aught to get yourself a taxi back home. Do you have the number? The money? Surely there ought to be something that can be done to get you off the streets.’‘

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''I nøden spiser Fanden fluer. \\ In desperate times the Devil will eat flies.''  - Norwegian proverb meaning “Sometimes you just have to make do with what you got.”

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I suck at keeping my blog active. Like, I’m always logged on and I check it, but I’m not the best at showing it. Anyways, here’s a small and tentative plot wish list for Tyken.

I’ve never mentioned it on tumblr, but Tyken kind of owns a funeral home. (They work the crematory). They opened it as an undertaker\carpenter shop in one, in the early 1900′s when they realized people were requesting their services less and less. Just as something to do, really. But Tyken has always been fascinated by funerals and death in some extent. They are Very death positive. They might be unable to die but they sure think the concept is neat.

Go to a grave yard with them. They are unable to set foot into the threshold on consecrated land so they might need some assistance to find some graves of old ‘’friends’’. 

Tyken can be a little morbid without realizing it, but it could be fun to have them talk about some stuff about the funeral business. And death in general. And accidentally make someone uncomfy while at it as a bonus.

I want them to riminess about the people they served. 

Just let them be enthusiastically morbid about how much they like death and funerals.

Tyken joins a lot of funerals whether they know the person or not, but tends to stay outside of the boundary. Someone your character knows gets buried, maybe? 

Some more Misc stuff.

Tyken is without a doubt a dancer. Dance with them! 

They’re an old person, they got a lot of gripes about the modern day and age that they plain and simply don’t like. 

Tyken is quick to hit the bottle to get drunk whenever their mood drops.

They tend to shapeshift a lot in the attempt to find a shape that’s more comfortable to be in. It rarely works.

I kind of want them to bitch about people not understanding their gender. They know they’re perceived as male, and yes they do like their masc-leaning aesthetic. But if they get called a man one more time they’ll SCREAM. Internally. 

I want to do something about their temper issues. They tend to get a little violent and break things. They try incredibly hard not to lash out on humans, and are considered weirdly forgiving for a fae. But fae brain is still a fae brain. 

Tyken love magic, absolutely adore it. Trade magical knowledge with them.

Gift giving and reciprocation is insanely important to them. Give a gift, get a gift. Trade for a trade. Favor for favor. If they offer you something, they expect something in return. If you give them something, they’ll pay you in return. Only way to bypass that is to sell your soul.

They’re a really fun seeking person. If someone says they want to try flying then they’re quick to offer to go skydiving. Or even magic. Let them have fun.

Stuff from the viking period\before that. Tyken used to be\is a Seidberend. Aka, what one would call a third gendered seidr practitioner\shaman from pre-Christian religiosity. Would be awesome to look a little into that. 

This would mean that they were a HIGHLY ESTEEMED person in their community. To such a degree cheiftains would offer their seats to them and treat them as above even themself in fear of bringing the whole village bad luck. 

Tyken used to have a much more feminine presentation back in the day. Much more fluid than it is today as they would switch depending on the mood. 

Viking funerals were a morbid, long, and messy affair. Experience one with them! 

Ever done pre-viking period ritualistic funerary cannibalism? Do you want to?

Want more witch hunts in your life? Want Tyken to be your character’s servant after selling your muse’s soul? 

Tyken being a midwife for those giving birth outside of wedlock. They got a lot of experience on their hands! And pain relieving magic. And encouraging of infanticide. 

‘‘A conversation is free, help costs’‘.

Sell your muse’s soul. Realize that they give you way more than they receive in turn just for the sake of pure spite to the church. 

Realize that they’re not a demon or a devil, they’re just fae with bad PR.

People recognizing them as the devil because of their hoof.

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(( Minorly updated Erik and Tyken’s pages. And updated the Verse description. Nothing overly exciting. 

Though I have a feeling I want to update Erik and Tyken’s pages some more later.))