Original Peter Pan compared with ‘The Neck or Nix’
Pan’s a nature spirit that never grows up therefor he is deprived of humanity and a soul. He wants is though.. he just doesnt know what to give to get it. He has to give up his ‘eternal boy-life’ to get actual life and ‘true love’ But he is afraid of change.
The Neck (Water spirit from old Scandinavian folklore) Lures people to come to him, by his otherworldly beautiful music. When he catches them he brings them with him into his nature World down the Waters of the springs and lakes, the human is never seen Again if taken by the Neck
Same as how Peter Pan wants Wendy to stay with him and never grow old.
What the Neck wants is a human spirit or love he wants to be loved and he wants to be human.In an old Danish poem he wants to be forgiven and to make Peace with God. He wants eternal life but thinks he must take it for himself instead of give it- through giving his ‘life’-childhood and grow old and die.. change is what he is afraid of.
He is persieved to be a free nature-spirit.. but what kind of freedom is this, when he is stuck in a a place of never-change alas the ‘Neverland’
In the old folklore of the Neck. The Neck once in a while demanted a human sacrifice- then a cry would be heard from the river that “The time is here, but not yet the boy/man” and that ment that soon someone would be taken be the Neck.
Like Henry was by Pan.
I dont know really where Im going with this maybe nowhere, but thought it was interesting 🙂