Germanic Mythology

This Section contains an overview of Germanic Mythology – Germanic Gods and Goddesses – German Legend and Folklore

Astara

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

Berchta

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

Berggeist

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

Egil

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

Einherjar

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

Freischutz

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

Gaude, Frau

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

German Vampires

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

Herta

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

Holda

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

Hulda

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

Hulden

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

Lohengrin

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

LORELEI

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

Lorlei

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

Maiden without Hands

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

Merseburg Charms

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

Nix

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

Nixie

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

Ondine

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

Raven Stones

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

Tannhauser:

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

The Bethen

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

The Wandering Jew

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

thieves’ lights

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

Till Eulenspiegel

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

Waldmichen

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

Walpurga

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

Wild Hunt

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

This Section contains an overview of Germanic Mythology – Germanic Gods and Goddesses – German Legend and Folklore

Astara

Berchta

Berggeist

Egil

Einherjar

Freischutz

Gaude, Frau

German Vampires

Herta

Holda

Hulda

Hulden

Lohengrin

LORELEI

Lorlei

Maiden without Hands

Merseburg Charms

Nix

Nixie

Ondine

Pied Piper of Hamelin

Raven Stones

Tannhauser:

The Bethen

The Wandering Jew

thieves’ lights

Till Eulenspiegel

Waldmichen

Walpurga

Wild Hunt

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