Wales - "Hold my Beer" [Dresses as a red dragon]
Scotland - "Hold ma Whisky" [Dresses as a unicorn]
Greece - "Hold my Ouzo" [Dresses as a bird, pours alcohol on themself and sets it alight] "Arrrrrrrgh"
@westofEden The Cod has been the mark of Iceland since ca. 1500. I have no idea where some connect a Gyrfalcon to Iceland. We have the word "Landvættir" that google translates as "Land-wetted" something that seems to be a nonsense word.
Landvættirnar are Guardians of Iceland;
Dragon,
"Gammur" (i.e. Gyps fulvus or Griffon Vultures. is this the gyr-falcon connection?)
Ox (Uxi)
Giant. (as some have said... our Guardian Giant misunderstood when (the English) demanded "cash" so he sent them (all Europe actually) lot of ash!) Yes we have a "very big viking" as a guardian (landvætt)
To note, bear is national animal of Finland, and swan is national bird of Finland
Adding btw, its pretty fun to sight swans during spring, you may wonder what that small iceberg is doing still in pond /if you live in northern finland where snow and ice is guaranteed) until swan uprights from its feeding routine, yeah swans do feed ass upright and head deep under water
@raven0ak
I was surprised the first time I saw a white swan. I had only ever seen Australian swans, and white swans aren't what I had imagined, somehow.
Scotland - "Hold ma Whisky" [Dresses as a unicorn]
Greece - "Hold my Ouzo" [Dresses as a bird, pours alcohol on themself and sets it alight] "Arrrrrrrgh"