The Water Horse In ‘Frozen 2,’ Explained

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The new trailer for Frozen 2 begins not with an obnoxiously catchy track or Olaf happening one other one in every of his prolonged adventures, however with a moody and gloomy scene of Elsa falling into the ocean at evening. While swimming her approach out of the darkish water, she sees a horse… ghost? It’s a departure from something within the authentic Frozen, the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, and truthfully form of creepy (for a film a few singing snowman, that’s). The horse, with its glowing blue eyes, is a thriller, however Disney has offered some context.

“In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2, Elsa encounters a Nokk — a legendary water spirit that takes the type of a horse — who makes use of the facility of the ocean to protect the secrets and techniques of the forest,” a useful abstract reads. It stays to be seen whether or not the Nook is making an attempt to assist or hurt Elsa, though Wikipedia notes that in Scandinavian tradition, the “male water spirits who played enchanted songs on the violin [were known to lure] women and children to drown in lakes or streams.” Maybe the Nokk is making an attempt to lure Elsa to her watery loss of life with an instrumental model of “Let It Go.” The punishment matches the crime.

Here’s the official plot abstract.

Why was Elsa born with magical powers?

The reply is asking her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, she’ll set out on a harmful however outstanding journey. In Frozen, Elsa feared her powers had been an excessive amount of for the world. In Frozen 2, she should hope they’re sufficient.

Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen 2, that includes the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Evan Rachel Wood, and Sterling Ok. Brown, opens on November 22.