@juergen_hubert@germany@folklore Scratches head while trying to understand the context and symbolism behind the feather bed offering and the snow-white goose. Why does the feather bed placate the Subterraneans? Why does the White Goose show up in the first place?
@Ellirahim@germany@folklore The goose - which is one of the many "splendid birds" that inhabit the subterranean lands - shows up because the folkloric equivalent of hydrostatics.
I think the intention for the feather bed is less placation than simply plugging the hole, but I have no idea how that works in this case.
@Ellirahim@germany@folklore There's lots of German folk tales tales about subterranean lakes with connections to the "World Ocean" that threaten to burst and flood the surrounding countryside if they are not properly appeased (which was a plot point in a #ttrpg session I ran recently).
So it doesn't surprise me that digging into the realms of the dwarves might produce such a result.
@Silverlion@germany@folklore It notes that "knowing more than just how to eat bread" is a common phrase for having knowledge of secret, supernatural things.
The text does not explicitly call her a "wise woman", but the sentiment is the same.
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