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The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve-in-hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies, print, Richard Doyle, engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans (1870)

Harvest and Blot
By Andreas Kornewald

Before the industrial era, the harvest was the busiest time of the year.  Everyone had to get to work on important tasks such as harvesting cereals, wheats, oats, barley, and rye. In Scandinavian peasant society, the landscape was infused with the otherworldly, and supernatural beings influenced the state of the land and the growing crops. Elves and trolls lived in the roots of trees; inside rocks or mountains; in fields, rivers, and lakes; and under the floorboards of the homestead. It was generally understood that the crops and cattle would be happier and healthier when these beings were given gifts and offerings in order to establish good and respectful relations. 

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