Legit_Spaghetti, 6 months ago

That innkeeper sounds like a massive wet blanket.

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore

juergen_hubert, 6 months ago

@Legit_Spaghetti @germany @folklore

While true, consider how the presence of three rotting human corpses might influence his next health inspection.

CatFoxBirdLady, 6 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore

It's nice to read folklore from further north. In the Alps region women must not do chores of any kind during that time or the Truden (Wild Hunt) will pay them special attention.

LizardSF, 6 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Even if they're distributing swords?

juergen_hubert, 6 months ago

@LizardSF @germany @folklore Especially if they are distributing swords!

Ellirahim, 6 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Lucky Christian.

Ellirahim, 6 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Question - so who was the Huntsman, really? A member of the Wild Hunt, perhaps?

juergen_hubert, 6 months ago

@Ellirahim @germany @folklore The Devil, most likely - appearing as a Huntsman is one of his favorite disguises in German folklore.

Ellirahim, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Or maybe he did learn a thing or two after a few hundred years. 😈

pawsplay, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore That's pretty interesting. It's like a mashup of Donkeyskin with one of those things where the Devil makes a deal.

TedT, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore you ever play Kenneth Hite’s Bookhounds of London?

juergen_hubert, 7 months ago

@TedT @germany @folklore No, though I do hear it's highly recommended.

juergen_hubert, 7 months ago

@jonberger @germany @folklore Pah! The Devil is too smart and brilliant to need a lawyer! There is no way he could possibly be tricked by a mere mortal... again!

PeterAperlo, 7 months ago

@jonberger @juergen_hubert @germany @folklore

I hear there are lots of folks willing to play Devil's advocate... 😜

Ellirahim, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Signs of early feminism?

juergen_hubert, 7 months ago

@Ellirahim @germany @folklore Maybe, though "women having to fix the problems caused by men" is hardly a new trope.

tancread, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Would be great at an RPG table for smart phones as well. Sadly the demonic RPGs are a bust.

IngoHeinscher, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore I sense a scam!

Klingsor, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore There's always a surprise in these folktales: this must be the first time I come across a devil who darns his trousers.

juergen_hubert, 7 months ago

@Klingsor @germany @folklore He is very famously a bachelor, after all.

otfrom, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore from my time co-working inside a engineering consultancy, this is still how things work, though 50% of the time the "miller" is happy with the construction and just hands over their soul

juergen_hubert, 7 months ago

@Woodchaz @austria @folklore Evil, since he wanted to prevent a person getting their last rites.

Woodchaz, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @austria @folklore
Or he saved the priest from dying in an Avalanche.

Walrus, 7 months ago

@juergen_hubert @austria @folklore

Have you any idea what would work for me and the Greek bouzouki?

juergen_hubert, 7 months ago

@Walrus @austria @folklore Alas, no. Though perhaps Greek folklore has some pointers on that one.

Henrysbridge, 8 months ago

@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore

Neither does the bargaining...