In Swedish, there is a term ‘vargtimmen’, which translates as hour of the wolf. It is used to specifically describe the time between 03.00-04.00
Although it sounds like an ancient concept, it was actually coined by Swedish film director Ingemar Bergman in his 1968 film of the same name. Or so he claimed. He describes the ‘vargtimmen’ in the following way:
‘The hour of the wolf is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die, when sleep is the deepest and nightmares the most vivid. It is the hour when insomniacs are hunted by their worst anxieties, when ghosts and demons are at their most powerful. The hour of the wolf is also the hour when most babies are born’.
Other academics believe the concept existed earlier than Bergman’s time, and that it refers to the fact that farmers would get up in the night to protect their wild stock from hunting wolves.
Whatever the origin, the ‘hour of the wolf’ has a definite mystical and almost terrifying implication. When was the last time you lay awake at 03.00 am and chased your demons?
Watching the Swedes 
Every morning I chase away my demons. . Haha. I wake at this time regardless if I fell asleep at 3am. It used to drive me insane, but my demons and I have decided it’s a good time to create my art, to listen to nature wake up around me, and hear the kookaburras laugh as they greet the sunrise. It is a glorious time of day to be awake, I have learnt, and now embrace it. I’m glad I now have a name for it. My demons and I thank you. 😈😂😈
Every morning I chase away my demons. . Haha. I wake at this time even I fall asleep at 3am. It used to drive me insane, but my demons and I have decided it’s a good time to make, and create art; to listen to nature wake up around me, and hear the kookaburras laugh as they greet the sunrise. It is a glorious time of day to be awake, I have learnt to love it, and now embrace it. I’m glad I now have a name for it. My demons and I thank you. 😈😂😈
I seem to have answered twice. Lol. And it’s 8.37pm here in Birregurra, Victoria, not 10.30 am. Can I delete one comment?
Thanks for such an interesting g blog, too. I really enjoy it.
Cheers.
Its twilight time…Till the early morning prayer call time(morning “ezan” for muslims( it s around 04.30 hour )after the darkness of the night the world is crowded darkest and evilest creatures and to be beware its usefull to know and repeat some verset …They dissapear once” muezzine s” start to “ezan” from “minarets”.You can imagine a little bit like Gogols farmhouse near Dikanka folk tales atmosphere..