Wandering Adventure Party

Winter time is ghost time!#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststoryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI1Llu8SSV4

While God might sometimes punish sinners, the Devil is unsurpassed in meting out creative tortures to the worst of villains.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fire-Spraying_Cherries

Binding people, animals, and objects in place was one of the most widespread magical arts.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Black_Arts

Using blessed weapons against the supernatural is a long-standing tradition.#Germany #folktale #folklore #witch #witchcraft #hare https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Two_Frolicking_Hares

Exorcists have a bad habit of dumping malevolent spirits at the nearest convenient hill, swamp, or forest - without considering that other people might want to use those places, too.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/An_Exorcism_in_Kirchbrak

Night hags could take on many forms, and sometimes they would appear as cats.Or is it that _all_ cats are night hags?#Germany #folktale #folklore #cat https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Walriders_as_Cats

Illusions can be used for rather disgusting pranks.#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Mage_at_Naumburg

@freequaybuoy I used the Maps extension and SemanticMediaWiki for that - I add the coordinates to each tale, and then the map is generated dynamically from this data.

Bullets which never miss their target have some obvious applications in warfare.#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Monk_at_Ueckerm%C3%BCnde

Some seek the Devil's assistance in battle, while others merely wish to use his powers to get rich.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Devil,_Knight,_and_Monk

Happy marriages don't have to be complicated. Even when they are between a human and a supernatural being.#Germany #folktale #folklore #dwarf https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Woman_Marries_a_Dwarf

Do not summon the Devil in the presence of amateurs. They will always screw it up.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil_Fetches_a_Lovesick_Cleric_at_Freiberg

@juergen_hubert she could have given him a chance to reform #ICouldFixHim

Once, a miner's pride in his speedy work attracted the attention of the Devil himself.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Shaft_near_Stra%C3%9Fberg

Some magical powers are oddly specific.#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Broom_Rider

The vehicles of night hags often are not recognizable as such.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Walriders_on_the_Pasture

Summoning spirits is not the surefire money-making scheme it is often made out to be.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Stern_Spirit

@pr14minus Personally, I see all these "sleeping kings" as useless wankers, since none of them showed up during the Third Reich in order to kick Nazi butt.But this story was _very_ popular after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.

Each St. John's Day, the spirit of the Kirchsee lake sought a boy from the nearby village as a victim to drown - until one priest managed to stop him.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_St._John%27s_Day_Sacrifice

Learn of the legends of the Heidelberg area!#Germany #Heidelberg #folktale #folklore #gianthttps://thedrunkenstoryteller.podbean.com/e/s2e10-heidelberg-knights-giants-and-water-spirits/