Once Upon a Fic author reveals, and a music rec

[regshoe]

Once Upon a Fic author reveals have happened! It's been a good exchange. :D My Twa Corbies gift is by water_bby—thank you!

And here's what I wrote! This fandom was new to me—when I saw a Swedish ballad in the tagset I had to check it out, and I'm very glad I did. It's a great song and I had lots of fun writing for it—plenty of opportunity for nature descriptions and weird mundane world/fairyland contrasts.

Bittida en morgon (2492 words) by regshoe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Herr Mannelig (Traditional Ballad)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Herr Mannelig/Bergatroll
Characters: Herr Mannelig, Bergatroll (Herr Mannelig)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Outsider
Summary:

Herr Mannelig makes a different choice.

While I'm here, I'm also going to rec 'Herr Mannelig' itself, specifically this recording by Garmarna, which I listened to many times while writing my story. I love the ominous fairytale-magic mood, and the lead singer's voice is amazing. The lyrics are here on Wikipedia with an English translation.

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Comments

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Really lovely fic-- thank you for introducing me to such a cool and interesting ballad! :D Is there any more folklore surrounding the bergatrolls that you encountered in your research?

[regshoe]

Glad you like the fic and the ballad :D I did not do any further research about trolls in general, no—although I did find out that in some versions of this ballad the woman is a mermaid (havsfru) instead!