Recently, linguist Mx. Leah Velleman tweeted an interesting fact. They said one theory suggests Europeans started saying “brown one” or “honey-eater” instead of “bear” to avoid summoning them.
Turns out, Icelanders also believed this. The nation’s folklore wants people to avoid saying the names of the evil whales that lurk in the waters around their land. Otherwise, the beasts might rise to the surface and unleash havoc. Good thing they’re impossible to pronounce then. At least, to us outsiders.
Tumblr user a-book-of-creatures described the myth in a now-viral response to Mx. Leah Velleman and their initial tweet, and even included a few pictures of the creatures too.
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