Huldra

Huldra, hulder, hulda, ulda, holle, hollie, hollowen, and also maya/maja/maia 'lady' and tollemaya/thollamaya 'pine lady'. Collectively called the huldar, huldufolk, the Hidden Folk / the Hidden Ones, the Hollow Ones, Hollim. Land of Hollin.
The huldra are a humanoid kin with prehensile tails and hair of reds, sorrels, oranges, yellows, and blonds. Another distinctive feature is their hollowed back.
Can eat holly berries. Wonderful workers of holly wood. They tend flocks of swift mountain goats (cf. chamois) with sharp hooves, who pull their sleds that slid over the face of the mountain [exact mechanism not known at this time]. It is said among the surrounding people that the huldra introduced linenmaking to them [not entirely true, but they did perfect it]. All have innate knack for invisibility. Excellent seamstresses/textile workers. Have a propensity for fate reading and astral projection as well. Did introduce broom riding to the herbknowers of other folk. Often collaborate with the charcoal burners of their area, having no deep love of trees and lending their guardian spirits to watch the kiln in exchange for lowland goods.
== Groups ==
Huldra (E Skara, mountains), Hollowen (Corval, Falken), Skogsra/Sharroe (W Skara, NE Gretchland), Perkta (west of Falken (where their name is reinterpreted as bergsra) and Fanora) 
== Sources ==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skogsr%C3%A5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulduf%C3%B3lk
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/who-made-the-rings-of-power/: conflation with holly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuath#Tales
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Old Norse words for trees: askr (ash), eik (oak), lind ("lime"/linden), ýr (yew), bjǫrk (birch), fura (fir), grǫn (spruce (esp. Picea abies), any pine), barrtré (any conifer, lit. 'needle tree'), þollr [hence > tolle] (Pinus sylvestris, any conifer, any tree)
hylja 'to hide'
hulinn 'covered {~}'
huldi 'covered {~}'
hulda  'covered {~}'
huldar 'covered {fpl}'
talle 'pine'
rá 'roe (deer {f})'
ráða 'counsel, take into service, rule over, be master of, possess' (also read => rural people w/ literacy?)
skógr 'forest'
skógarkona/skógskona 'outlaw {f} (forestwoman)'
skógarrá/skógsrá ~ shawroe/shawraw/shawrede, shawreddie
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