Description: In Scandinavian folklore, the huldra (Norwegian, derived from a root meaning "covered" or "secret") is a seductive forest creature. She is a stunningly beautiful, sometimes naked woman with long hair; though from behind she is hollow like an old tree trunk, and has an animal's tail. She is sometimes said to lure men into the forest to have sexual intercourse with her, rewarding those who satisfy her and often killing those who do not. She is also a keeper of the forest and is connected with good or bad luck in hunting. Here she has been stripped her beauty, somehow placed in the world of Bosch. Even though she has been granted a spine, she is striving to go back to the woods, reaching out for it. In Swedish the word for gallows