the Lindworm bride story (Denmark) is genuinely disturbing, read past the kids' version

Scandinavian folktale, "Kong Lindorm" / King Lindworm, collected in Danish and Swedish variants (Sven Grundtvig wrote a lot of it down in the 1800s). a barren queen takes a witch's advice, eats two onions/roses but doesn't peel the first, gives birth to twins: one normal prince, one LINDWORM. a legl……