@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.
@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.
Personally, I think taking away a stretch of land from a noble's estate and adding it to the land of the community should not be considered "theft" but an act of class justice.
Night hags sometimes leave clues towards their true identity behind. Pick them up, and you will be able to confront the perpetrator during the day soon!
A certain pond in the Harz mountains is said to be inhabited by the Devil himself - and he uses rather unusual methods in order to keep trespassers away.
A ghostly rider roams a beech forest at Klosterlausnitz at night. In life, he was a rich huntsman who thought himself untouchable, but in death, God's judgment fell upon him.
The "Three Maidens" motif shows up in German folklore in many forms. They can be ghosts, cursed princesses, saints, even goddesses - and household spirits.
@lyngordon@germany@folklore I have reason to suspect that this tale is a literary creation, and it's not surprising that the author used that tidbit from Norse mythology.
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Germany doesn't have a lot of such tales, likely because we don't have any real life creepy-crawlies which are actually dangerous. But I do have a few that qualify.
