#silentSunday the Crouch End Spriggan leers down from a railway embankment. #folklore
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I've translated the following folk tale from this #folklore collection:
"Of Murderous Dead People" ("Von mordenden Todten"): www.patreon.com/posts/murderous-dead-90458855
Jürgen Hubert quoted Schlesische Sagen 2 - Elben-, Dämonen- und Teufelsagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #2)
On one rainy day, a girl from the village walked through the grain field, and discovered a small chicken which was entirely wet. She took pity on the little animal, and took it with her.
When she had brought it home, it started to vomit grain, and in this manner it spat out several sack-full of grains. This was the [above-mentioned] dragon, which was flying through the air at night and was trailing a fiery shine behind it.
— Schlesische Sagen 2 - Elben-, Dämonen- und Teufelsagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #2) (Page 30)
In Icelandic legend, elves are said to inhabit the large volcanic rocks found all over the island. Locals will sometimes paint doors on the rocks or construct tiny houses on them, making little shrines to mark where the elves are so they won't get disturbed.
#FolkloreSunday #Superstitiology #31DaysofHaunting #folklore #mythology #NorseMythology #Norse #Vikings #Iceland #elf #fairy
Jürgen Hubert quoted Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #1)
If someone walks through the Jüschke (a forested gorge between Hollenau and Birgwitz) at midnight, an fiery foal jumps on their back. It makes the person carry it for a while, and then suddenly vanishes. Based on the location where it appears, it is called the "Jüschkefüllen" ("Jüschke Foal").
— Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #1) (Page 520)
I want to stress that strange things jumping on the backs of lone wanderers at night is an extremely common occurrence in German #folklore .
Really, it's probably best to stay home at night.
Jürgen Hubert quoted Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #1)
...A barber once hanged himself here. And when people step into this small forest at 12 o'clock at noon or after the evening prayers, they will be grabbed by invisible hands, forced to sit down on a tree stump, and be lathered and shaved against their will.
— Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #1) (Page 507)
Jürgen Hubert commented on Preussens Volkssagen, Märchen und Legenden, als Balladen, Romanzen und Erzählungen. Dritter Band by Widar Ziehnert (Preussens Volkssagen, Märchen und Legenden, als Balladen, Romanzen und Erzählungen, #3)
I've translated the following folk tale from this #folklore collection:
"Albertus Magnus in Cologne" ("Albertus Magnus in Cöln"): www.patreon.com/posts/in-emperors-89749245
Jürgen Hubert commented on Deutsche Sagen by Wilhelm Grimm (Deutsche Sagen, #2)
I've translated the following folk tale from the second volume of "Deutsche Sagen" - the other #folklore collection by the Brothers Grimm:
"Albertus Magnus and Emperor Wilhelm" ("Albertus Magnus und Kaiser Wilhelm"): www.patreon.com/posts/in-emperors-89749245
Jürgen Hubert commented on Schweizersagen aus dem Aargau. Zweiter Band by Ernst Ludwig Rochholz (Schweizersagen aus dem Aargau, #2)
I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:
"Hare at the Crossroads near Remetschwil" ("Hase am Kreuzwegli bei Remetschwil") "Hanging by a Straw" ("Erhängen am Strohhalm"): www.patreon.com/posts/further-leporid-88425566
"The Hare Woman of Zofingen" ("Die Zofinger-Hasenfrau") "Hannele of Eckwil" ("Hannele von Eckwyl"): www.patreon.com/posts/return-of-hare-95038348
"The Fickle Xaver of Tägerig" ("Der Lädeligugger-Xaveri von Tägerig"): www.patreon.com/posts/reformed-secret-92293430
Jürgen Hubert commented on Ruinen oder Taschenbuch zur Geschichte verfallener Ritterburgen und Schlösser. Zweyter Band by Gerhard Robert Walter von Coeckelberghe-Dützele (Ruinen oder Taschenbuch zur Geschichte verfallener Ritterburgen und Schlösser, #2)
I've translated the following folk tale from this #folklore collection:
"The Devil’s Path of Falkenstein" ("Der Teufelsweg von Falkenstein"): www.patreon.com/posts/devils-path-of-85051734
Jürgen Hubert commented on Ruinen oder Taschenbuch zur Geschichte verfallener Ritterburgen und Schlösser. Fünfter Band by Gerhard Robert Walter von Coeckelberghe-Dützele (Ruinen oder Taschenbuch zur Geschichte verfallener Ritterburgen und Schlösser, #5)
I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:
"The Legend of the Rolandseck" ("Sage vom Rolandseck"): www.patreon.com/posts/so-near-and-yet-84763175
I've translated the following folk tale from this #folklore collection:
"The Stone Cross in the Teufelsthal Valley" ("Das steinerne Kreuz im Teufelsthal"): www.patreon.com/posts/old-feuds-new-81694341
Jürgen Hubert commented on Deutsches Sagenbuch by Ludwig Bechstein
I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:
"The Devil’s Ditch" ("Teufels-Graben"): www.patreon.com/posts/infernal-works-79140916
"Faithful Eckart" ("Vom treuen Eckart"): www.patreon.com/posts/faithful-eckart-94827404
Jürgen Hubert commented on Der Sagenschatz des Königsreichs Sachsen - Erster Band by Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (Der Sagenschatz des Königsreichs Sachsen, #1)
I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:
"The Devil Hears a Miner’s Confession" ("Der Teufel hört einen Bergmann beichten"): www.patreon.com/posts/devils-last-77781678
"The Devil Fetches a Lovesick Cleric at Freiberg" ("Der Teufel holt einen verliebten Cleriker zu Freiberg"): www.patreon.com/posts/summoning-devil-39474520
"The Devil in the Confessional at Oschatz" ("Der Teufel im Beichtstuhle zu Oschatz"): www.patreon.com/posts/devil-goes-39519272
"The Ghostly Suitor on Hartenstein Castle" ("Der gespenstige Freier auf Hartenstein"): www.patreon.com/posts/love-after-death-48654264
"The Rider without a Head on the Ziegenberg hill near Zwönitz" ("Der Reiter ohne Kopf auf dem Ziegenberge bei Zwönitz"): www.patreon.com/posts/headless-41100420
I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:
"Spielkässer on the Iddelsfeld Hardt" ("Spielkässer auf der Idesfelder Hardt"): www.patreon.com/posts/something-this-76986912
"Drawing Blood with a Knife" ("Das Blutentziehen durch ein Messer"): www.patreon.com/posts/antisemitism-in-96895115
"The Squinter in Schlebusch" ("Der Scheele in Schlebusch"): www.patreon.com/posts/antecedents-of-78133131