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Karl von Reinhard: Sagen und Märchen aus Potsdam's Vorzeit /gesammelt von Karl v. Reinhard ; mit Ergänzungen von Wilhelm Riehl. (German language, 1841, Stuhrschen Buchhandlung) No rating

Richard Kühnau: Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen (1910, B.G. Teubner) 5 stars

The irrlichts (will-o'-wisps) were often seen in the Alt-Seidenberg area, and frequently led the carters astray. There was also a larger irrlicht, which was called "The Great Shining One". It frequently approached from the direction of the Röhrborn near Alt-Seidenberg, and made a curve around the village until it reached the Küppen Forest. While the common irrlichts swayed up and down and were significantly smaller, the Great Shining One moved in a steady course.

Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by 

A boss monster will-o'-wisp!

Or worse, a manifestation of Cthugha...

#ttrpg #folktale #folklore #CallOfCthulhu

Ludwig Bechstein: Thüringer Sagenbuch, Zweiter Band (German language, 2018, Creative Media Partners, LLC) No rating

I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:

"The Shepherd and the Forest Woman" ("Der Schaafsknecht und das Waldweibchen"): www.patreon.com/posts/forest-people-72732441

"The Hollowed-Out Bread" ("Das ausgehöhlte Brod") "Caraway Bread" ("Kümmelbrod") "The Rejected Cake" ("Der verschähte Kuchen"): www.patreon.com/posts/baking-with-73718258

"The Wild Huntsman Hates Kröstau" ("Der wilde Jäger haßt Kröstau"): www.patreon.com/posts/wild-hunts-wild-76063407

"The Court of the Kiffhäuser Mountains" ("Der Hofhalt im Kiphäuser"): www.patreon.com/posts/women-of-wild-94072124

"The Hounded Forest Woman" ("Das gehetzte Waldweibchen") "A Wood Woman Mourns Her Husband" ("Holzweibel beklagt sein Männchen") "The Moss Woman’s Hindquarter" ("Das Moosweibelviertel"): www.patreon.com/posts/hunting-forest-75499244

"The Double Marriage of the Gleichens" ("Die Gleichensche Doppelehe"): www.patreon.com/posts/blatant-bigamy-81254000

"The Stag in the Kammerlöcher Holes" ("Der Hirsch in den Kammerlöchern"): www.patreon.com/posts/uncanny-of-deer-90571322

"Wood Women and Quergel" ("Holzweibel und Quergel") "Wood People in the Schlee Forest" ("Holzleute in der Schlee"): www.patreon.com/posts/where-wood-dwell-76591741

Karl von Leoprechting: Aus dem Lechrain (German language, 1855, Literarischartistische Anstalt) No rating

Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Alpenburg: Mythen und Sagen Tirols (1857, Meyer und Zeller) No rating

I've translated the following folk tales from this #folklore collection:

"The Wildg’fahr near Vöran" ("D'Wildg'fahr bei Vöran") "The Wildg’fahr Abducts a Child" ("D's Wildg'fahr entführt ein Kind") "The Wildg’fahr Cave at Sonnenberg Mountain" ("Die Wildg’fahrhöhle am Sonnenberge"): www.patreon.com/posts/return-of-67417322

"Hulda and the Blessed Maidens" ("Hulda und die seligen Fräulein"): www.patreon.com/posts/blessed-spirits-79221983

"The Chamois Maiden in the Kalmtal valley" ("Das Gemsenfräulein im Kalmthale"): www.patreon.com/posts/chamois-maiden-80777238

"The Three Blessed Maidens near Morin in the Ötztal Valley" ("Die drei seligen Fräulein ob der Morin im Oetzthale"): www.patreon.com/posts/triple-maidens-83824309

"The Three Blessed Ones on Ungarberg Mountain" ("Die drei Seligen auf dem Ungarberge"): www.patreon.com/posts/three-blessed-on-86879560

"Hitte Hatte": www.patreon.com/posts/hitte-hatte-90142104

"The Weber of Vomperberg" ("Der Weber von Vomperberg"): www.patreon.com/posts/illusions-for-96342193