Baltazo
Baltazo: One of the demons who possessed a young woman of Laon, Nicole Aubry, in the year 1566. He went to supper with her husband,…
Month: July 2018
Merseburg Charms
Merseburg Charms : In German literary folklore, two charms in alliterative verse recorded from oral sources around 800 c.e. The first is to be used…
Maiden without Hands
In German folklore, one of the tales in the Grimm Brothers collection. In their version a poor miller is promised riches by an old man…
Lorlei
Lorlei (Loreley, Lurlei, Lorelei) In German literary folklore and in local legend, an enchantress with long blond hair who sits on a cliff 133 meters…
Till Eulenspiegel
Till Eulenspiegel (owl glass) In medieval German legend, a trickster. He was a native of Brunswick, Dietrich (Till) Ulenspegel, who died in 1350 of the…
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pied Piper of Hamelin In medieval German legend, a magician who rid Hamelin of a rat plague in 1284. The Pied Piper appeared dressed in…
Lohengrin
Lohengrin : In medieval German legend, the Knight of the Swan, son of Perceval (Parzival) and Conduiramour, defender of Else, the princess of Brabant, who…
Tannhauser:
Tannhauser: A mediaeval German legend which relates how a minstrel and knight of that name, passing by the Herselber, or Hill of Venus, entered therein…
The Wandering Jew
Wandering Jew, The: A mediaeval German legend which has several forms. Through various writers, and differing in detail, the essential features of the narratives which…
Ani Hyuntikwalaski
ANI HYUNTIKWALASKI – This story explains how man acquired fire through the actions of the Thunderers and the little Water Spider. The Thunderers, who inhabit…
