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...A barber once hanged himself here. And when people step into this small forest at 12 o'clock at noon or after the evening prayers, they will be grabbed by invisible hands, forced to sit down on a tree stump, and be lathered and shaved against their will.
— Schlesische Sagen 1 - Spuk- und Gespenstersagen by Richard Kühnau
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 Richard Kühnau
A boss monster will-o'-wisp!
Or worse, a manifestation of Cthugha...
Der vierte und letzte Band einer Sammlung von Sagen aus Mecklenburg.
The fourth and final …
I have translated the folk tale "Das verwünschte Schloss Mecklenburg bei Fürstenhagen, unweit Feldberg" (*"The Cursed Castle Mecklenburg near Fürstenhagen, close to Feldberg"):
I have translated and released the tale "Der Schwarzkünster"/"The Practitioner of the Black Arts" from this book on my Patreon:
