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Årsgång
(pronounced �oːʂgɔŋ is an archaic form of Swedish divination. It is sometimes translated as the year walk or yearly round. According to Swedish researcher Tommy Kuusela,Kuusela, T., 2014. Swedish year walk: from folk tradition to computer game. In: Island Dynamics Conference on Folk Belief & Traditions of the Supernatural: Experience, Place, Ritual, & Narrative. Shetland Isles, UK, 24–30 March 2014. nline Available at: https://www.academia.edu/6624109/Swedish_Year_Walk._From_Folk_Tradition_to_Computer_Game ccessed 09/07/14 was a complex form of divination in Swedish folk tradition, usually practiced at Christmas or New Year’s Eve. The phenomena could vary greatly regionally or even in the same district, but the general course was the same: if the practitioners ("year walkers") had managed to follow certain instructions and to solve particular challenges (such as encounters with supernatural beings), they would catch glimpses of what would happen the following year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Walk
''Year Walk'' is an adventure game developed and published by Swedish mobile game developer Simogo for iOS devices in 2013. The game is loosely based on an ancient Swedish tradition called "Årsgång" (pronounced �oːʂgɔŋ "Year Walk"). The game was ported to Windows and OS X PC platforms via Steam in 2014, and on the Wii U via eShop on 17 September 2015. It was succeeded by the free, e-picturebook ''Year Walk: Bedtime Stories for Awful Children''. Plot ''Year Walk'' begins with the protagonist Daniel Svensson visiting his lover, Stina, who hints that she has been proposed to, and warns the player about the dangers of year walking, implying that her cousin had died while engaging in the activity. Daniel returns home, and prepares to engage in the Year Walk anyway. As he proceeds toward the church (the object of year walking is to get to a church and see the future), the protagonist encounters a series of fairies and mythical creatures from Swedish folklore: the Huldra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |