The fairy king and queen walk through the forest accompanied by their entourage of forest creatures. A fairy painting by unknown artist.
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steeve-x-art / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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7015 x 4960 px | 59.4 x 42 cm | 23.4 x 16.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2019Location:
FairylandMore information:
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Karin Svensdotter was a 17th-century Swedish woman who claimed to have had children with the King of the fairies. In 1656, Karin Svensdotter, who worked as a maid, was put on trial at Västra Härad in Sävsjö in Småland. She was put on trial because she claimed that she had a sexual relationship with a male fairie with whom she claimed to have issue. Karin Svensdotter told the court that she had met a beautiful man in golden clothes in a mountain called Grönskulle (Green Hill), where they had sung and danced with others. The man called himself Älvakungen (King of the fairies), or Älven (Fairy), and he gave her gifts and had intercourse with her. Seven times she had given birth to their issue, and every time he had come and taken the children away to the land of the fairies. She stated that these births had taken place during her reoccurring attacks and fits, after which she was very tired. Her fits had been witnessed by many, and Karin's employer testified that he had often heard her searching for her faerie children in the forest.