FiddlerFaddler Says:
Monday, December 24, 2007 @11:10:55 PM

Looks like it's written in Swedish.  Anybody have a translation for us?

fiddlepogo Says:
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 @12:58:58 AM

You really wanna know? I'm not fluent in Swedish, the script and the size is a pain, and some terms are probably archaic, but here's my best off-the-cuff shot at it. I have made a very literal translation so you can kind of match word to word. It doesn't look pleasant- sort of a "Pied Piper of Hamlin" scenario, but ending in the death of all the dancers. In the final picture, the ears of the fiddler on top of the tree look pointy- bad sign. The devil? Also note the ring of skulls around the tree- approximately the same number as the number of dancers (17 skulls visible versus 18 dancers)- a very bad sign! (first yellow line:) They danced a Big-band-day-??? at Ol-Nils (place) in Hrga. ??? they continued, entered a frightening ??? and (past tense verb???) to play-???, while he said: (second yellow line:) Here dances the Blue, here dances the Grey, ??? upon the Horg-mountain shall the dance stand (take place) (third yellow line:) They that had to dance till only the head-skulls remained (referring to the ring of skulls in the center?) and there had they gotten near to a deep circle in the ???? (mountain?)

yellowbarber Says:
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 @5:59:36 AM

From the artist, Connie Dellkrantz of Bllnas, SE: "Once upon a time a curious dance took place in Hrga. It started in the farmhouse in the village and continued in a wilder and wilder tempo, up to the top of the Hrga mountain. An unknown fiddler, sitting in a pine tree, played so seductively that all the dancers were spellbound. Nobody knew it was the Devil himself playing the fiddle. The dance continued all night long until only their skulls were left, wearing a ring in the rock, still visible today.