#FolkTale

2025-05-27

In Styria, the members of the Wild Hunt are the spirits of the evil housekeepers of priests!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunt @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/women-of-wil

German folk tale "The Carter and the Wild Hunt". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-27

The dread pirate Störtebeker had many hideouts and treasure vaults. One of these was within the chalk rocks of Rügen island.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #treasure #pirate @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/treasures-of

German folk tale "The Maiden at the Waschstein Rock near the Stubbenkammer". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Leaving the dog behind in the room with the murderous corpse was cowardly, though perhaps understandable under these circumstances.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #vampire @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/hunting-fore

German folk tale "Corpse Tears a Dog Apart". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

The Holy Roman Emperors Barbarossa, Henry IV, and Otto IV sleep within the well of Harzburg Castle.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
patreon.com/posts/where-empero

German folk tale "The Redbeard and other German Emperors in the Well of the Castle Hill". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Arminius, the Cheruscan chieftain who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, sleeps in a hill near Bad Pyrmont.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
patreon.com/posts/ancient-slee

German folk tale "The Greatest Treasure". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Widukind, the ancient Saxon foe of Charlemagne, sleeps beneath a hill near the town of Lübbecke.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
patreon.com/posts/ancient-slee

German folk tale "Weking in the Babilonie Hill". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Emperor Charlemagne sleeps within Untersberg Mountain close to the German-Austrian border.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
patreon.com/posts/not-dead-but

Part 1 of German folk tale "The Mountain Rapture - Emperor Charlemagne". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!Part 2 of German folk tale "The Mountain Rapture - Emperor Charlemagne". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

The dwarves of old knew how to summon dragon servants, and could provide these to others.

But those who own such a dragon should be careful to always heed the feeding instructions...

#Germany #folktale #folklore #dragon @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/dragon-kobol

German folk tale "The Dragon Servant". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Emperor Barbarossa sleeps in Untersberg Mountain near the German-Austrian border.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
patreon.com/posts/weird-locati

German folk tale "Barbarossa in the Untersberg". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Emperor Charlemagne sleeps beneath a hill near the city of Fürth

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
patreon.com/posts/under-hill-w

German folk tale "Within the Karlsberg Hill". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-26

Tales from the old days, when giants still roamed the Earth...

#Germany #giant #folktale #folklore
youtube.com/watch?v=8eFRYswzpRM

2025-05-26

Strange phenomena surrounded Martin Pumphut when he was a child, hinting at the magical powers he would develop later in life.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/martin-pumph

Part 1 of German folk tale "Martin Pumphut". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!Part 2 of German folk tale "Martin Pumphut". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-25

On Good Friday, a sacred doe with a calf appears in Kleines Clausthal valley.

Hunters should leave them well enough alone.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/haunted-plac

Part 1 of German folk tale "Kleines Clausthal". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!Part 2 of German folk tale "Kleines Clausthal". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-25

Once, the Devil was looking for an honest wife.

...that went about as well as you'd expect.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/devil-goes-3

German folk tale "The Devil’s Wedding". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-25

There was a time when the Devil didn't bargain with mortals, but demanded what he wanted by force.

...that didn't work out too well for him.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/devils-epic-

Part 1 of German folk tale "The Stupid Devil". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!Part 2 of German folk tale "The Stupid Devil". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-24

Subcontracting your work to the Devil might condemn your employees to Hell, but it _does_ get the job done!

#Poland #folktale #folklore #Devil #LateStageCapitalism @poland @folklore
patreon.com/posts/infernal-wor

German folk tale "The Devil’s Ditch". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-24

Why work hard at tilling the land, if you can kidnap and torture a dwarf into building you a better plow?

#Germany #folktale #folklore #dwarf @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/lightweight-

Part 1 of German folk tale "The Lightweight Plow". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!Part 2 of German folk tale "The Lightweight Plow". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!Part 3 of German folk tale "The Lightweight Plow". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-24

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

#Germany #folktale #folklore @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/further-tale

German folk tale "Dr. Faust and Melanchton in Wittenberg". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
2025-05-23

Night hag spirits tend to be slippery, elusive, and hard to capture.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #cat @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/ride-of-walr

A Captured Walrider:

A young man from the Münsterland area told the following: “One evening I was in bed and the moon was shining brightly into my room so that I was able to see everything clearly. Then I noticed that a small child stood in the bed next to my feet. When I perceived it, it fell on my chest and blew into my mouth. I was unable to move any limbs and hardly able to breathe. After the child had tortured me for a while, it ran away. I grasped for it and grabbed it at its hairs, and then it transformed into a beautiful maiden.”

Source: Strackerjan, L. Aberglaube und Sagen aus dem Herzogthum Oldenburg, 1867. p 377.

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