Fern Flower
Published on November 7, 2018

Margyug

  • Margigr

Regions of expansion

Norway 1 Sweden 1 Denmark 1
Norway
Denmark
Sweden

Description

In Scandinavian mythology, a huge sea creature in the form of an ugly woman with a fish tail, which can only be seen before a storm. It is described that this monster has a huge and fearsome face, a sloping forehead and widely spaced eyebrows, a large mouth and wrinkled cheeks.

Margyug in popular culture