I is for Ice-Maiden

Finally it's time to introduce you to a Danish character! The Ice-Maiden is a story by Hans Christian Andersen, which, I believe was written fairly late in his life. 

It's quite a morbid tale, which is normal for this author. Tales like the Little Mermaid and Thumbellina are not as sweet and mild as the later versions that we read as children. The original versions tend to be rather sinister. The Ice-Maiden is no exception to this, it is the tale of a young boy whose mother falls into an icy ravine and dies. She was holding her little boy, but he survives due to a kiss from the Ice-Maiden. The Ice-Maiden then goes on to haunt him throughout his life before drowning him on his wedding night. 

My boyfriend's cabin is in a place called Funäsdalen, where these beautiful mountains can be found. In the summer we went hiking and passed a ravine where it is said a Sami woman fell down whilst travelling in her reindeer-drawn sled and died in the snow below. Seeing that ravine was an eerie reminder of this tale.

the little nordic cabin

I is for Inspire Nordic

I have just got home from a very long day and am so very sleepy. I was going to write my post for the letter 'i' tomorrow, but then my little brain kept on mumbling that I wouldn't be completing the challenge properly and then I got competitive with myself. So here I am, in my monkey-pyjamas, making up a little something for the letter 'i'. 

I first made this blog about a year ago (a year ago in three days, actually). I am one of those who has had about 15 blogs over the years and has never really stuck with any of them. However, I have always enjoyed blogging and since I love everything to do with the Nordic region (you might have noticed), I decided to come up with a blog with a Nordic theme. 

My biggest problem when I was creating this blog was picking a name. I wanted it to reflect on how I felt about Scandinavia and I sort of wanted it to show the purpose of this blog as well. I actually have synesthesia too, which means that my letters of the alphabet have colours in my mind, and I get 'feelings' towards certain words and phrases. It's difficult to explain, so I won't go into it in any more detail, other than to point out that my synesthesia is largely the reason why my blog name isn't necessarily grammatically correct. It just kind of felt right to me.

So there you have it, I apologise for this not being a particularly Nordic-related post and for my lack of comments recently. Tomorrow things should be back to normal and I will be popping by your place to say hi and see how you are getting on! I hope in any case you enjoyed reading about my blog and about me :)

Here I am. And here is a big bunch of flowers for you all, for being so nice to me :)

inspire nordic