'Prillar-Guri' by Theodor Kittelsen
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Pillar-Guri or Pillarguri is a semi legendary figure who
according to oral tradition was a woman from Sel, Norway who
played a key role in the Battle of Kringen in August 1612. Guri is
a common Norwegian woman's name which has origins in the Old Norse
word for good. Prillar refers to the horn Guri was supposed to have
used. There is an old instrument in Norway named 'Prillarhorn'
which was a cow-horn which could be played. 'Prille' is a
Norwegian term for musical articulation or fingering,
especially on the hardanger fiddle.
Read more here
Prillar-Guri wood carvings
Purchase them here: HENNING -
a Norwegian wood carving company
run by the Engelsen family
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Pillar-Guri or Pillarguri is a semi legendary figure who
according to oral tradition was a woman from Sel, Norway who
played a key role in the Battle of Kringen in August 1612. Guri is
a common Norwegian woman's name which has origins in the Old Norse
word for good. Prillar refers to the horn Guri was supposed to have
used. There is an old instrument in Norway named 'Prillarhorn'
which was a cow-horn which could be played. 'Prille' is a
Norwegian term for musical articulation or fingering,
especially on the hardanger fiddle.
Read more here
Prillar-Guri wood carvings
Purchase them here: HENNING -
a Norwegian wood carving company
run by the Engelsen family
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