The LORE behind the CREATURES of Bramble: The Mountain King | Scandinavian Folklore Explained
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Brace yourself as we explore the mystical realm of "Bramble: the Mountain King" and encounter legendary creatures straight out of Scandinavian legends. From mesmerizing trolls in John Bauer's extraordinary illustrations to the haunting manifestation of the black plague in Theodor Kittelsen's chilling portrayal of Pesta, this game holds the keys to a realm drenched in Nordic folklore!
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After I finish the game I was eagerly hoping for a video just like this
As a Swede I HIGHLY approve of the message "Fuck around and find out" that many of these creatures has.
Do not mess with the Giants. They want to be left alone.
Do not bother the Trolls. They want to be left alone.
Stay away from unknown waters.
As a German….I Share That opinion
Dont forget "Dont follow beautiful naked lady into the woods"
Hugh... who wakes me up from my cave underneath my rock?
I'm fascinated about the evolution of the morality of these tales. They evolve over time from "respect nature, and be mindful of the dangers lurking in the wild" to make sure you go to church when you hear the bell, otherwise you'll stay married to a lake dwelling fiddler."
I love it when most of today's video games have more history lessons than most schools.
So true! 😱💪
They don't though, which is why you're watching this video.
I can't imagine my teachers in school trying to get kids to listen to these fairy tales. They would zone out about 1 minute in.
Be glad you learned about it, but don't blame the schools for not teaching Swedish folklore to you. That isn't their job. Their job is to teach you literacy, and teach you how to learn.
I would've loved a class about folklore in school, but most classmates would not. This video would be a million times worse if it had 10 kids in backwards baseball hats talking over it.
@@samus598 But we are learning about folklore and mythology in Swedish school. I read a lot of classic fairy tales at home as well as a child in Sweden so shouldn't we like it? The orginals are so much better than the Disney-bubblegum versions of them.
You can actually see the moose before it's dead. Can't remember the exact moment but you're walking through the forest at night and the moose is right to you. It's pretty easy to miss because you have to move the camera and at first it looks like a normal moose but after watching it for a few seconds it lifts its front legs (hands?) and stands like that for a moment. Needless to say I was not expecting to see that :D
True, we missed to pick it up! Good catch! 👀🌲
Thank you! We didn't think anyone else caught it!
The folklore of the Scandinavian themes and aesthetic made watching the gameplay very pleasing and an enthralling. The game went from pretty light to really dark quite quick, and they didn’t hold back.
Honestly, Bramble is one of the most captivating games I've ever played! The developers have done such an amazing job in capturing the beauty of the Scandinavian landscape and really bringing all those fascinating creatures from Swedish folklore to life! The Trolls and Näcken are my favorite creatures by far, but all the characters are so well portrayed in the game ❤
And very faithful to their dark folklore counterparts
Pesta can be seen before the village. When you walk through the forest leading up to the village, for a brief second, she is in the top left of the screen. She walks in between some trees and disappears.
I actually didn't notice at first, but when I played it the second time i saw it as well. I got so jumpscared lol. I never saw pesta in the actual village, but if i play that part again i probably will. Pestbyn is by far my least favorite part of the game so maybe I won't replay it
15:35 I love that the game shows this by all the knives in the ground when you find his figure, little details like that are greatly appreciated.
Waaaiit in which part of the games are there knives??
@@thegurlwiththecurlswhere you find the Näcken figure
I never noticed that!!
Really knowing skogsrå’s backstory finally explains why tuva asked “what have you done?” But she did attack me first ;-; I didn’t wanna kill her
Felt the same way, but knowing that if you do NOT stab her, she drops the crying act and kills you instantly - it makes me feel better.
@@SwedishGhostLovers honestly I kept trying to spare her and it was so disappointing when she killed me everytime 😭
@@lilshekels69 Yeah she is a deceiver, both in the game and in folklore! A very good actress, so to speak ;D
Many people have theorized that since the Bramble was killing many things and disrupting the forest, she was mad at anything that came through.
I'm not Scandinavian, but I actively sought out folktales and fairytales as a child, so I was so excited to see the Näcken (Neckan in the book I read). You NEVER see him mentioned anywhere else
If you haven't played "Bramble: The Mountain King" - we strongly recommend you to do so. We tried to keep this video as spoiler-free as possible, so you should without problem be able to enjoy the game to its fullest!
It is a good game and very good for those who still play little nightmares 😀
I think my favorite fact about this game is the beautiful song that's sung twice called, "Den Blomstertid Nu Koomer." From what I've learned, it's a Swedish hymn, thanking God for the beauty of Summer. Kids sang it before summer break. As a follower of Christ, I find that fact beautiful.
Yes it is indeed a hymn, here in Sweden it is very common in the early school years to have have a whole class sing it before the summer holidays. One of the most beautiful hymns, according to most Swedes.
@@SwedishGhostLovers oh yeah, it's common in Finland too! I remember singing it at school assemblies in alakoulu. Hearing the melody in the game was really nostalgic.
I hope someday the developer's will make another one based off more dark fairytale and folklore storytelling 😊
The Nök's horse form and method sounds reminiscent of the scottish or irish Kelpie.
I absolutely loved Bramble the Mountain king so I enjoyed watching the lore of the characters. Thank you very much for making this video ❤
What an amazingly lore rich game with surprise emotional complexity. I highly recommend this game! Also thank you for this video I just found it a few weeks after finishing the game. It really helped me wrap my head around some of the creatures and ideas of the game ☺️ you guys are awesome.
We're so happy you enjoyed the video! We really love folklore and wanted to share our knowledge with other fans of the game, thank you for watching! 😁
We have a lot of these creatures in danish folklore (also a part of Scandinavia) too. Näcken is called Nøkken but have the same story. Our Huldra also has a hollow back, the same powers and is sometimes also called a ellepige (eldergirl). We have Nisser and Vætter too, they have the same differences as descriped here. We have trolls and giants, and they sometimes have a king or queen. We have a valravn, who has the same story as the raven descriped here. In Denmark we share the folklore about the Drauge. If you wander around outside at night you will find that we might not have mountains, but danish folklore creatures are just as brutal as swedish and norwegian.
The creature at 11:00 reminds me of Mårran from The Moomins. I don't know if this is coincidence, and it's not actual folklore but a character Tove Jansson came up with, but the resemblance is there anyways.
Very true and most likely something the developers thought of as well, as Mårran/The Groke scared a lot of kids in Sweden back in the day!
grym video! hade älskat att se mer dokumentär liknande videor om nordisk folktro från er ❤
Jacob Geller sent me here. men jag skulle gärna vilja titta på fler av dina lore-videor
Same here!
About 10 years ago, I played a point and click adventure game called Oknytt that was heavily steeped in Scandinavian folklore. I anyone has any love for that genre of game, I'd suggest it. It was very good. Also, thanks for this video. I knew some of the references, but not all of them, so I appreciate the background information and the effort you guys put into the video.
Oknytt is indeed an amazing game that we often replay annually! It is so cozy and very accurate in terms of the folklore.
I want to see more adventures set in the Bramble world. I love the folklore vibes; it's just fantastic.
Yeees we're also hoping to see more of Bramble in the future! There is so much folklore to use if they ever make a sequel or spin-off. Thank you for watching our video 😁
Ah I love this video so much! I really admire learning folklore. The video was very informative and entertaining 😊
We’re happy you enjoyed it! ❤️
I just finished this game. Fantastic! I love the fact that it was not 3D, but linear, I play those better! I could see hints of Little Nightmares (stealth), Inside (stealth and the Näkken part), Unravel (also Swedish, and hyper-realism in the graphics), The Last Guardian (platforming, yet sometimes helpful in balancing small routes) and American McGee’s Alice (gore) influence all throughout the game. I love puzzle-platformers and this was kind of an amalgamation of that genre and others, and I loved it!
Great video. Loved this game and was looking for some background on the folklore. Fabulous job.
Thank you so much! Being very deeply invested in Scandinavian Folklore, this game was right up our alley!
In germany the story with the girl that gives the nöck children goes even further. Having delayed or refused to return, the spirit either appears in front of her and threatens her to kill the children so that she comes back or he already has killed some children when she returns and she only manages to save the youngest one... so... yeh ... that's that. :D
Great video! Det var morsomt å høre Svensk versjon av nordisk folketro :)
Tusen tack! 😁
I can’t stop thinking about Trolltyg i tomte skogen when you where talking about vättarna, god i love that movie.
Thank you so much for this video! Loved this game and was very curious about the source material for all these creatures!
My GOTY so far!!!
Väldigt mysig video 🍀🍄
Älskar era videos!❤
Such an amazing and detailed video! 💕
Thank you! 🎃
Absolutely enamoured by nordic folklore at the moment, wondering if you could give me any good non-fiction recommendations? Loved this game, and this video!!!
Oh my god the voice is soo soothing
beautiful explanation for beautiful game. thank you
Thank you! ❤️
Olle: *regrets for killing Skogsrå*
Me, who got the achievement for stabbing her body 100 times in row: Yeah, well...
Same...I just kept stabbing because I figured there was an achievement there. Just didn't know how many until after.
She started it 😆 Also, they were due for about how many times she killed me first lol
Grym video! Nu måste jag spela om bramble när jag vet hur mkt nordisk folktro det är baserat på. Samt kanske ringa mamma och höra lite om hennes åsikter om tomtar och troll :)
16:35 - we have a similar story called "Die schöne Lilofee"
growing up in sweden, my mom used to tell me stories about these things. seeing em in a game is a really beautiful thing, and good fucking lord the myling is haunting
väldigt nice video, hoppas ni har det bra
Thank you for this!
I already knew what Pesta’s deal was.Her name reminds me of the word pestilence.
Lovely, lovely, video!! As a fellow Swede, and with a big interest of our folklore, this has to be one of the best videos I've seen covering a game which has creatures from our folklore. I saw you recently have decided to pause the channel, and I wish the best of luck to you in the future! If you happen top return to this channel in the future I'd love to see you cover Unforgiving: A Northern Hymn too!
Thank you so much! And yes, we’re on break currently, don’t know when we’re back. But we have a big catalogue of folklore videos on our channel if you are itching for more! A lot of our ghost hunts are actually centered around things like vittra, skogsrå etc 👻🤟
My favorite part of the game is before pestbyn, when showing the women that got killed when haunting the skogsrå. Something with that they sing "den blomstertid nu kommer" was so powerful. I love that song, and it all was just so powerful
Fantastic video!
I'm quite late to the bramble party, but this game was amazing and this video so good. While I was watching I got so curious about the video with the soldier and frog you had at the part with the frog king, where did you find it or did you make it yourself?
Also! In the very first cave sequence for a split second you see a very tall cave creature walking. It’s the only time we see it, they don’t touch on it again. Is there lore to tall cave creatures?
Exciting! We didn't spot this creature ourselves, but in Swedish folklore there are several creatures that could be attribute to this.
Trolls are common inhabitants in caves and mountains, but there are also the gruvrå (the mining equivalent of the Skogsrå, overseeing mining caves) or the bergsrå (mentioned in the video as the guardian of a mountain, usually a troll but not always).
The gruvrå was sometimes described as a unnaturally tall and beautiful woman dressed in dark clothes, and trolls could be of varying sizes as well. It's difficult to say more without knowing more about the creature seen in the game 😁
I really like this game I love when it brings actual Grimm and folklore the real story of their culture
Fantastisk video! ❤
11:04-11:10 I was both unnerved and delighted by these weird creatures, because they remind me of the Groke from Tove Jansson's Moomins!
Ännu en fantastisk video
Do Nordic parents *ever* tell their kids non-scary bedtime stories?
Never. So if you ever see a Nordic person and think that they look shy or scared, you know why!
Of course, but first, these weren't just bedtime stories for kids but stories that everyone was listening to and which people actually believed in. That's the thing about folklore. On the top of that , children needs to hear dark stuff as well, so that they learn that evil exist, otherwise they become too naive and a lot of us prefer that to sweet things, that's just the way it is.
Hahaha well, my parents use to trethen us kids that the trolls mother is gonna take us if i didn't go to bed 😅
Vad heter boken ni hade i handen under hela videon ? * - * Man har ju haft så många olika sagoböcker som ung men skulle vilja ha något som är mer lore och fler illustrationer! Det här spelet är för övrigt ett av de bästa jag spelat
The midwife was absolutely terrifying.
Bra video! Många av varselserna visste jag inte om, eller hade missat att det ens var en referens till i spelet. Jag hoppades verkligen på en förklaring av "Coless" Den första bossen som man får möta. I soundtracken heter han ju "Coless the butcher" å jag har försökt googla mig fram till om det är en gammal historia eller inte. Det finns ingen information om nån Coless, så förmodligen är det nåt som dom bara kom på, eller så har dom kollat i väldigt gamla och inte så uppmärksammade böcker
Tror Coless är helt unik till spelet, utöver att vara ett troll då. Vill minnas att det var en utav utvecklarna som döpte trollet :3
The word fairy is an umbrella term that means multiple different creatures. the creature you're talking about is called a pixie.
No, pixie is from British folklore, and it nothing to do with Nordic folklore. Fairy is a much better term as they are creature of nature and pixies are not.
It seems like we have a different definition of what a fairy is.
I don't want to cause any disputes
Noticed the soundbites from Jim Henson's Storyteller!
Those ravens could also be Hugin and Munin, Oden's two ravens
Blåkulla exists, I've seen it from both sides, you can actually spend the night there. But don't bring any rocks you find home with you. For the tales tell of a curse that shall befall anyone who steals one of her rocks
any chance you could list all the movies, storybooks or paintings used in this video?
What is the spelling for the name of the moose creature? I can't find anything on it at all.
Älgfrode or Elgfróði 😀
2:10 - “A solitary entity. And always male.”
It’s me. I’m the gnome.
I wonder why the Nekkon and King Nils are bigger than the Trolls. At first I thought that Olle shrinked, or maybe that they were in the land of giants... But Olle could've put the prince's clothes and we see the king growing in size in the book (and also the prince playing with gnomes).
... but also, the king's door and the throne room and the crown are huge as well... Not only this, but we can also briefly see the withches house (from the book) and it is just as huge, not to mention the animals.
Maybe the Bramble made the King bigger but what about Nekkon and the witch (which is thought to be Tuva ) ?
Älskade denna video👍 Men vilka böcker skulle ni rekommendera för någon som jag som är intresserad av mytologi och väsen, varför just böcker jo för jag behöver läsa mer?
Kan starkt rekommendera Tora Walls bok "Folktrons väsen: En encyklopedi". Sen är allt av Ebbe Schön mycket bra, t.ex "Troll och människa" och "Älvor, troll och talande träd". Även Johan Egerkrans böcker är mycket bra, han har böcker om Nordiska Väsen och mycket annat och är fyllda med fräna illustrationer.
Det är några av de böcker vi äger själva, vi önskar dig en trevlig läsning! 😁
Tack så himla mycket, här ska det bli läsning😁
Boken Nordiska Väsen.
It's really interesting to see how these ancient myths got blended with Christianity. Basically the church presented itself in the minds of the people as a tool that could be used against existing superstitions.
Go to church or you'll get married to the lake-dwelling fiddler your parents told you about!
It's a fascinating combination, the existence of all these fantastical beings along with the god of the bible.
If I remember right, there are stories about trolls turning human when they undergo a Christian marriage. Even if the creature's root mythology is from before the Viking Age, I wouldn't be completely surprised if the Christianised Nordics conflated them with surviving pockets of paganism, which still existed long into the days of Gustav Vasa.
before you meet the pest on the water..... the tower could be rapunsels
You can spot a live mutant moose in the game! 😊
What are the dancing little coals called? When Olle fell down and landed on one of them
Kottefolk! Kotte = Pinecone
@@SwedishGhostLovers aaah they're pinecones. Very interesting and cute they are! Thank you for replying!
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Jag har följt er i 3 år tror jag. Men även om jag inte är en original eller medlem så älskar jag varje en av er. Det är synd att ni bor i Norrland. För jag vill väldigt gärna träffa er. Jag bor ändå nere i Värmland. Och det är lite svårt att ta sig te Norrland när man e 13 år. Och pluss jag e en tjej. Jag är bara på min farsas e-mail. Förlåt för ett långt meddelande. Men jag vill bara att ni ska veta att jag älskar allt ni gör. ❤️❤️❤️❤️Mvh Isabella❤️❤️
Och en sista fråga. Hat ni Instagram eller tiktok?
Har ni inte hat ni
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im looking for a troll book i read as a child and i think that the painting shown here 7:39 might have been in it. does anyone know if that painting has been in a book and if so wich one?
Can someone tell me the book he uses for the pictures of the Tomte. I want to read it so bad.
The book is Gnomes by Wil Huygen, really lovely book! ✨
@@SwedishGhostLoversthank you for responding to their comment! I was also wondering! I love folklore and i absolutely love the idea of the game I just played it last night I’m not finished yet but I love it 😅 I find folklore so fascinating this is probably my fave game along with hogwarts legacy 😅
Vad hände med spelet ni började göra? Eller så har jag helt tagit fel
Hey, can anyone do the spelling for the moose human monster at 9:55?
I cannot hear how to spell it out, and the subtitles are bad.
It is spelled "Elgfróði" :D
@@SwedishGhostLovers Thank you! I was interested in this creature and wanted to do more research on it.
15:05 kelpie
I haven't finished this game and I may not. There is a point after the swamp witch (or maybe much later, I don't entirely remember the order) where you're avoiding a thing in the water. This is the second time that kind of scene happens, and I was just not having any more of it. Don't know if I'll ever get back to that game. The mechanics kind of irritated me.
Kan det bli bättre ghost lovers och en kopp te
So… not Frozen? 🥶
Let us pray and hope we do not encounter the personification of Covid.
banana bread
The christianization of folklore tales is such a tragedy u.u never blindly trust what ancient christians tell about pagan cultures