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

Freischutz
Freischutz (German) The term freischutz means free shooter. It refers to a German folktale in which a marksman makes a ...
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Gaude, Frau
Frau Gaude, the Boar Hound Goddess, roams the streets during the Twelve Nights of Christmas and especially on Christmas Eve, ...
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German Vampires
Germany has a great number of species of vampires, about fifty, and most of them are REVENANTs. Truth be told, ...
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Maiden without Hands
In German folklore, one of the tales in the Grimm Brothers collection. In their version a poor miller is promised ...
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Merseburg Charms
Merseburg Charms : In German literary folklore, two charms in alliterative verse recorded from oral sources around 800 c.e. The ...
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Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pied Piper of Hamelin In medieval German legend, a magician who rid Hamelin of a rat plague in 1284. The ...
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Raven Stones
Raven stones are in German folklore, magical lights made from the undigested eyes of executed criminals. Raven stones are so ...
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Tannhauser:
Tannhauser: A mediaeval German legend which relates how a minstrel and knight of that name, passing by the Herselber, or ...
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The Bethen
The Bethen are a triad of female spirits associated with fertility, birth, and good fortune. They remedy childlessness, if desired ...
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The Wandering Jew
Wandering Jew, The: A mediaeval German legend which has several forms. Through various writers, and differing in detail, the essential ...
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thieves’ lights
thieves’ lights In German folklore, magical lights made from the fingers of unborn children. Thieves’ lights are similar in purpose ...
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Till Eulenspiegel
Till Eulenspiegel (owl glass) In medieval German legend, a trickster. He was a native of Brunswick, Dietrich (Till) Ulenspegel, who ...
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Waldmichen
Waldmichen : The Wood Nymph ORIGIN: Teutonic Waldmichen may be a title used for Hulda in Lower Saxony, or she ...
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