Walking Land Creature

The Walking Land Creature is an odd creature that's practically nothing but a piece of earth with legs. It first appeared in the book, "Hilda and the Stone Forest", and also in season 2 of the animated series.

Appearance
The creature looks like a patch of earth with grass, but with four white legs that allow it to walk. It also has a white tail. It has no other distinct features like eyes, a mouth or a nose. It can dig itself into the ground to blend in with the rest of the environment. It's behaviour closely resembles that of a domesticated dog.

Graphic novels
At the start of "Hilda and the Stone Forest", Hilda and Twig had to save an elf house from one of these creatures. They chased the creature all the way out of Trolberg to the railroad before finally catching up with it and retrieving the house. The creature tried to follow them home afterwards, but Hilda told it to stay put.

Near the end of the story, Hilda and Johanna encountered the creature again in the Stone Forest, and followed it to the exit. This time, Hilda allowed the creature to come home with them.

In the next story, "Hilda and the Mountain King", the creature went with Johanna, Baba and Tontu to the mountains to search for Hilda, who had been turned into a Troll. Johanna ordered the creature to track Hilda down, but instead it dug itself into the ground and ignored her. It was not seen again afterwards.

Animated series
The scene where Hilda has to save an elf and his house from the creature was adapted into the opening scene of "Chapter 1: The Troll Circle", and plays out exactly like it did in the graphic novel.

The creature is however absent from the rest of the season, including "Chapter 13: The Stone Forest", which adapts the bulk of Hilda and the Stone Forest. He does not show up in the Stone Forest, and doesn’t come home with Hilda and Johanna. He also does not appear in the movie adaptation of the final graphic novel.

Novelization
A walking land creature has a cameo early in "Hilda and the White Woff", when David startles it.

Appearances

 * Graphic novels
 * Hilda and the Stone Forest
 * Hilda and the Mountain King


 * Animated series
 * Chapter 1: The Troll Circle

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