German Vampires
Germany has a great number of species of vampires, about fifty, and most of them are REVENANTs. Truth be told, the vampires of Germany are…
Category: German Legend
Raven Stones
Raven stones are in German folklore, magical lights made from the undigested eyes of executed criminals. Raven stones are so named because they are obtained…
Freischutz
Freischutz (German) The term freischutz means free shooter. It refers to a German folktale in which a marksman makes a pact with the devil. In…
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…