Slattenpatten and Her Daughters

Slattenpatten and Her Daughters

From mountain trolls to sea shapeshifters, Scandinavian folklore teems with strange beings. But only Denmark's southern Zealand region can claim Slattenpatten, a long-breasted, motherly creature of moors and rivers, whose name — no polite way around it — means “Floppy Tit.” Once a beautiful elf-maiden, she’s now a giant troll-like crone, her breasts hanging to her knees. She swings them over her shoulders — whether fleeing from kings and Norse g…