Specter

ghost · Sweden · Nordic

Not independently attested as a named 'specter' entity in Swedish folklore. Swedish tradition has gäst (ghost of the dead), mårtensgås (harbinger), and vättar, but 'specter' is an English generic term. The record's linked stories (Yuletide specters, Fjelkinge specter) refer to gäster or spöken, not a distinct being type.

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