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On the Jutland coast a mermaid or Havfru was accustomed to drive her cattle up from the sea, so that they could graze in the fields ashore. This the Bønder did not like. They, therefore, one night, surrounded the cattle, and secured both them and the Havfru in an enclosure, and refused to let them go until they had been paid for the grass the sea cattle had consumed from their fields.
The Bønder, therefore, had small joy of the belt, particularly when they found it was only common rushes." "There is a ballad," said Hardy, "that I met with in Norway of Count Magnus and the Havfru. She promised him a sword, a horse, and a ship of miraculous powers; but he was true to his earthly love." "The people often sing it here," said the Pastor, "and a good ballad it is.
Is it not so?" inquired Hardy. "It would appear so," replied the Pastor; "but in the case of Trolds or Underjordiske, their deaths are occasionally referred to in the traditions about them." "But are there no legends of mermaids?" said Hardy. "Many," replied the Pastor. "The Danish word is 'Havfru, or sea-woman.
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