Scandinavian Animals

It is said that adam and eve had many children and that one day when eve was giving her children a bath god came to visit.

Scandinavian animals. Greenland s shores contain rare polar bears lemming arctic foxes and hares reindeer and musk oxen. Described as having bright glowing red eyes pale white skin and wearing steel grey armor they were first mentioned by snorri sturluson in his 12th century collection of norse poetry called the edda. The sharp eyed might spot lemming and foxes.

Moose is the largest species of the deer family. Although hundreds of thousands of moose inhabit sweden they can still be difficult to see in the wild. Sweden is home to spectacular species such as brown bears lynx wolves and wolverines.

Pages in category scandinavian legendary creatures the following 44 pages are in this category out of 44 total. Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. It is distributed from scandinavia to eastern siberia.

Sweden has a denser moose population than any other country. While our ancestors did a pretty decent job killing a lot of the animals that used to populate scandinavia many of the large mammals are now returning in good numbers not only across scandinavia but also throughout the rest of continental europe. Huldra or called tallemaja in swedish is a troll like woman living in the woods.

It can be found all over sweden except on gotland and the outer islands. Shrews and solenodons resemble mice hedgehogs carry spines gymnures look more like large rats while moles are stout bodied burrowers. This list may not reflect recent changes.

She is fair and beautiful but wild and has a long cow tail which she hides behind her back upon meeting a human. The dokkalfar dark elves of norse mythology are considered to be some of the most frightening creatures of scandinavian folklore.