Abstract This article explores the Swedish belief in the skogsrå, an anthropomorphic female forest spirit, as the cause for people being spirited away or getting lost in forests. In the folk narratives, she is a dangerous seductress who possesses untamed sexuality and is threatening to men who work in or close to forests. The forest was a dangerous otherworld, fundamentally different from the world of humans. The forest spirit represents wild nature, as a counter-image to cultural order. Furthermore, the article compares the belief in a female forest spirit as the active agent in Swedish folklore to the concept of metsänpeitto ‘forest cover’ in Finnish folklore, where the forest itself is the active agent. Legends reinforce the danger of getting lost in a forest, especially in dense forests like those found in Sweden and Finland.

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被瑞典民间信仰中的女性森林精神所吸引

摘要 本文探讨了瑞典人对 skogsrå（一种拟人化的女性森林精神）的信仰，认为它是人们在森林中迷路或迷路的原因。在民间传说中，她是一个危险的诱惑者，拥有野蛮的性欲，对在森林或森林附近工作的男人构成威胁。森林是一个危险的异界，与人类的世界有着根本的不同。森林精神代表野性，作为文化秩序的反面形象。此外，文章将瑞典民间传说中女性森林精神作为积极因素的信念与芬兰民间传说中的metsänpeitto“森林覆盖”概念进行了比较，在芬兰民间传说中，森林本身就是积极因素。传说强化了在森林中迷路的危险，尤其是在像瑞典和芬兰那样的茂密森林中。