{"product_id":"the-heliost-ghost-figurine-sol","title":"The Heliost Ghost Figurine - Sol","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMidsummer in the Nordic lands is not only beautiful. It is watchful  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe lyse nætter, the bright nights, bring a light that does not behave as it should. It lingers past midnight.  And the old ones knew that when the veil thins at midsummer, it does not thin toward the dead. It thins toward something older.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Heliosts arrive with this long light. They come carrying the warmth of a sun that would not set, and a quiet knowledge they will not share. What they have witnessed in the spaces between dusk and a dawn that never truly came; this they keep  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven those who do not love the summer feel them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe landvættir were offered gifts \u003c\/span\u003eat midsummer\u003cspan\u003e. Small things. Tokens of acknowledgment. Perhaps the Heliosts are what answered.  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe is named for the sun goddess who drove her horses across the sky knowing wolves pursued her. Sol does not reflect the light. Sol is the light. Of all the Heliosts, she is the most purely herself; golden from crown to base, without interruption or uncertainty. She arrived at the solstice without announcement and has been entirely unsurprised by her own existence ever since.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSol the ghost figurine stands at just short of 9 cm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57530901397848,"sku":"TNGM_Heliost_Sol","price":245.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7658\/9144\/files\/TheNordicGhostMerchantsHeliostGhostFigurinesSol1.jpg?v=1781723195","url":"https:\/\/nordicghostmerchants.com\/products\/the-heliost-ghost-figurine-sol","provider":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}