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@DrorBedrack Most likely the latter - "get-rich-quick" schemes are often seen as _very_ dodgy, and might require signing your soul over. See this tale, for instance.https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fickle_Xaver_of_T%C3%A4gerigAnd then there are all those "treasure hunt" tales...

@hrast Which career? I have several.

@yatagarasu A good question! Though I think in this case the soul is seen as a substitute for the missing flour.

@Ardeija Some dragons even bring you stuff!

@androcat Good question, but I don't have any further hints for a link.

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.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Rider_within_the_Beeches_of_Klosterlausnitz

The Wild Women of Löbenau love children, and showered them with gifts - but they did not like the adults who stole those gifts.#Austria #folktale #folklore https://www.patreon.com/posts/wild-women-of-124969757

@dilmandila Folklore is fractal. The closer you look, the more you discover.

Once, a demon-possessed corpse was buried in the mudflats of northwestern Germany.Perhaps it haunts the Wadden Sea still...#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Benno_Butendick

“We dead ones leave the day to you, thus leave the night to us. Go home in peace, but don’t look back.”#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #church https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-of-31272544

Beware of devils spitting balls.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://www.patreon.com/posts/when-you-meet-on-77593282German folk tale "The Fiery Devil". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

The island of Hiddensee formed because of a blessing gone very wrong.So very, very wrong...#Germany #folktale #folklore #BalticSeahttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Hiddensee_Island

The King of the Wends only escaped his German captors with the aid of the Devil.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #Devilhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_King_of_the_Wends_Meets_his_End

After a year of being imprisoned by the Wild Woman of the Steinalb range, a man from Rathsweiler was finally able to escape from her cave.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Woman

Once, a German Count escaped slavery in Egypt with the help of a native princess.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #Egypt #LoveStory #bigamy https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Double_Marriage_of_the_Gleichens

The Habergeiß - night bird or night terror?#Austria #folktale #folklore #bird https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Habergeiss_(Vorarlberg)

Modern fantasy gets a lot of things about dragons wrong. This video sets the record straight!#Austria #Germany #folktale #folklore #dragonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSIfoyvmtP8

Asking the Wild Hunt for advice on matters of the heart might not be the wisest idea.Then again, it all worked out in the end.#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunthttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Hunt_at_Surheim

The living can be of immense assistance to the dead when it comes to putting their affairs in order.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Unrighteous_Plowman

The malice of some mother-in-laws is so great that it endures even in death.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://www.patreon.com/posts/send-in-monks-45254337