#folktale

I think I once saw this story in an old Warner Brothers cartoon...

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Huntsman_and_the_Devil

Some of the cattle in northern Germany can be rather suspicious.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Kuhtod

The "Blessed Maidens" of the Tyrolean Alps are the guardians of the alpine animals.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Chamois_Maiden_in_the_Kalmtal_Valley

It is worth remembering that magical traps do not have an expiry date. Thus, it is wise to check them regularly if they have caught someone.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Unfortunate_Thief_of_an_Alp_Cauldron

Some say that the leader of the Wild Hunt is a king of Denmark who killed his own brother.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/King_Abel%27s_Hunt

Ghosts are well-placed to answer difficult theological questions.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Best_Religion

Young night hags often become witches later in life.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Witches_and_Trudes

If you would steal from the dead, you should be willing to accept the... consequences.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ring

Vampires show up in all sorts of forms in folklore.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Nineslayer

Doctor Faust was kicked out of more than one city in his time.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/further-tales-of-100361113

The final words of the Wild Woman of the Steinalb hills were a riddle:

"For know this, there are three things that contain all the fortune of earthly life: The cry of the cockerel, the fluttering of the quail, and the white lily! Whoever recognizes the wisdom in these words will have a golden blade in their plow!"

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Woman

The spirits of some people travel while they are asleep - which might be visible to observers as a strange fog or mist.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Third_Daughter_is_Out

One of the main problems with so-called "love magic" is that it violates consent.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/dodgy-love-48650837