Germanic Mythology

Astara Radiant Dawn ALSO KNOWN AS: Easter; Eostre; Ostara ORIGIN: Germanic Call her Easter: it’s her name. The various different ...

Berchta Bavaria is the ancient stronghold of Berchta, goddess of abundance. Allegedly whatever you give her will be returned many ...

Berggeist literally means “Mountain Spirit.” He is the spirit of iron mines. Each mine may have its own Berggeist who ...

Egil In Germanic mythology, peasant whom the god Thor visited several times. Thor would often leave his goats and chariot ...

Einherjar In Germanic mythology, the warriors chosen by Odin. They reside at Valhalla and await the last great battle, Ragnarok ...

Freischutz (German) The term freischutz means free shooter. It refers to a German folktale in which a marksman makes a ...

Frau Gaude, the Boar Hound Goddess, roams the streets during the Twelve Nights of Christmas and especially on Christmas Eve, ...

Germany has a great number of species of vampires, about fifty, and most of them are REVENANTs. Truth be told, ...

Herta, mysterious Germanic goddess, was eventually Demonized as a Queen of Witches, a leader of the Wild Hunt. Although little ...

Holda (also Holde, Hulda) Fierce Germanic goddess of the sky whose nocturnal rides with the souls of the unbaptized dead ...

Hulda, a great and ancient goddess of birth and death, presides over a transit station for human souls, a crossroads ...

Hulden ORIGIN: Teutonic The Hulden are German hill Fairies led by Hulda and serving as her entourage. Their fortunes have ...

Lohengrin : In medieval German legend, the Knight of the Swan, son of Perceval (Parzival) and Conduiramour, defender of Else, ...

Lorelei is the name of a spirit and the big rock in the Rhine River on which she sits. Lorelei, ...

Lorlei (Loreley, Lurlei, Lorelei) In German literary folklore and in local legend, an enchantress with long blond hair who sits ...

In German folklore, one of the tales in the Grimm Brothers collection. In their version a poor miller is promised ...

Merseburg Charms : In German literary folklore, two charms in alliterative verse recorded from oral sources around 800 c.e. The ...

Nixes are the male counterpart of the female Nixies, sea spirits who may be generous or malicious as they choose ...

Nixies are female water spirits and freshwater mermaids. Their male counterparts are the Nixes. They live in societies that parallel ...

Ondine ALSO KNOWN AS: Undine; Undina The legend of Ondine derives from Alsatian folklore but became especially popular as the ...

Pied Piper of Hamelin In medieval German legend, a magician who rid Hamelin of a rat plague in 1284. The ...

Raven stones are in German folklore, magical lights made from the undigested eyes of executed criminals. Raven stones are so ...

Tannhauser: A mediaeval German legend which relates how a minstrel and knight of that name, passing by the Herselber, or ...

The Bethen are a triad of female spirits associated with fertility, birth, and good fortune. They remedy childlessness, if desired ...

Wandering Jew, The: A mediaeval German legend which has several forms. Through various writers, and differing in detail, the essential ...

thieves’ lights In German folklore, magical lights made from the fingers of unborn children. Thieves’ lights are similar in purpose ...

Till Eulenspiegel (owl glass) In medieval German legend, a trickster. He was a native of Brunswick, Dietrich (Till) Ulenspegel, who ...

Waldmichen : The Wood Nymph ORIGIN: Teutonic Waldmichen may be a title used for Hulda in Lower Saxony, or she ...

Walpurga Lady of Summer ALSO KNOWN AS: Walpurgis; Waldborg; Walburga Winter is a persistent force that sometimes refuses to willingly ...

The Wild Hunt is a Spectral nocturnal procession of huntsmen, Ghosts of the dead, horses, and hounds. The Wild Hunt ...