Skogsrå
Sign in to savethumb|A Skogsrå meeting a man, as portrayed by artist Per Daniel Holm in the 1882 book Svenska folksägner The ' (Swedish definite form: ; ), ' (definite: , 'the mistress of the forest'), '''''' (definite: , 'the maiden of the forest'), ', , or ' (definite: , , 'the forest nymph'), is a mythical female creature (or ) of the forest in Swedish folklore.
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thumb|A Skogsrå meeting a man, as portrayed by artist Per Daniel Holm in the 1882 book Svenska folksägner The ' (Swedish definite form: ; ), ' (definite: , 'the mistress of the forest'), '''''' (definite: , 'the maiden of the forest'), ', , or ' (definite: , , 'the forest nymph'), is a mythical female creature (or ) of the forest in Swedish folklore.
== General description == The skogsrå/skogssnua/skogssnuva appears in the form of a beautiful woman with a seemingly friendly temperament. She appears like a woman from the front but seen from behind she often has a tail and a hollow, rotten back, a human foot and a horse foot, and skin like tree bark.