{"product_id":"the-kattegat-ghost-figurine-keel","title":"The Kattegat Ghost Figurine - Keel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeel \u003c\/span\u003eis a handmade collectable Ghost figurine, \u003cspan\u003eindividually poured and engraved by The Nordic Ghost Merchants in Denmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Kattegat is not a kind sea. It is the strait between Denmark and Sweden where the North Sea meets the Baltic. It's a place of cold currents and old memories. Fishermen who worked these waters did not speak of what they saw beneath the surface. They did not need to. The sea remembers on their behalf.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Kattegat Ghosts carry that water in them. Each one formed in the colours of an untamed Scandinavian sea; pale fog, dark storms and the blue grey of a sky that hasn't seen the sun in weeks. They arrived without warning. They may not stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeel is said to appear beside vessels travelling through rough cross-seas, keeping pace just beneath the line of the hull.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOld sailors believed he favoured ships that held their course when weather turned against them. His presence was sometimes noticed only as a pale shape moving through dark water, always where the vessel’s keel would have been.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe was never thought to calm the sea.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly to remind those aboard that steadiness mattered more.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeel \u003c\/span\u003ethe ghost figurine stands at just short of 8 cm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081939321176,"sku":"TNGM_Kattegat_Keel","price":295.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7658\/9144\/files\/The_Nordic_Ghost_Merchants_Handmade_Kattegat_Ghost_Figurine_Keel_1.jpg?v=1794253163","url":"https:\/\/nordicghostmerchants.com\/products\/the-kattegat-ghost-figurine-keel","provider":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}