Wandering Adventure Party

A strange man lurks around churches who will buy black tomcats for inscrutable purposes.#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic #money #cat https://www.patreon.com/posts/in-for-penny-92175651

@dianaprobst In German folklore, such spirits are usually called "Nix" (or "nixie" in English). Here are a bunch of tales I have translated about them:https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Nixie

After he was captured by the invading Germans, the King of the Wends was so desperate to see his kin once more that he made a deal with the Devil.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devilhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_King_of_the_Wends_Meets_his_End

Many major works of engineering benefited from the Devil's assistance.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://www.patreon.com/posts/devils-56178512

There are women who are suffering from complications during their pregnancies.But what _this_ women went through must have been its own special hell.#Germany #folktale #folklore #snakehttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Snake%27s_Salvation

The dread pirate Störtebeker had many hideouts and treasure vaults. One of these was within the chalk rocks of Rügen island.#Germany #folktale #folklore #treasure #pirate https://www.patreon.com/posts/treasures-of-101374680

As you treat Frau Gode's dogs, so she will treat you.#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunthttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Frau_Gode

The "Wahles-Books" contained many secret signs of where treasures could be found in the German mountains.#Germany #folktale #folklore #Venice https://www.patreon.com/posts/strange-foreign-35004214

Beware of strange women in ponds.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://www.patreon.com/posts/nixies-strange-38442006

The household of the Ducal stablemaster in Coburg was once haunted by a strange spirit that looked indistinguishable from the stablemaster's wife.#Germany #folktale #folklorehttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Spirit_Appears_as_the_Wife

When you are plagued by night terrors, you might have to try out several home remedies until you find one that works.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://www.patreon.com/posts/ride-of-walrider-33109392

Magic can turn the tide of a battle.As long as nobody else figures out what you are doing, that is!#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #magic https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Siege_of_Rog%C3%A4tz

A sleeping army rests in a tunnel close to the Baltic Sea. They shall only reemerge at the usual Final Battle.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklorehttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Sleeping_Army

The knight Ulrich Landschade von Steinach once infiltrated the camp of an enemy sultan with his skill as a harpist.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #castle https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Knight_of_Land_Harm

After being destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, the village of Scortowe led a ghostly afterlife.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststoryhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ghostly_Wedding_in_the_Deserted_Village_of_Scortowe

Seeing the invisible world might be tempting, but this is not without its risks.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Haunt_on_the_Harth

When Emperor emerges from Untersberg Mountain, the "World War" - the final battle before Judgment Day - will being.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklorehttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Mountain_Rapture_-_Emperor_Charlemagne

@fnordius For the Fränkische Schweiz I can recommend this book, which was basically my introduction to German folk tales as a whole.And there was a tale about a knight of Aufseß who made himself bulletproof.https://fsv-ev.de/publikationen/schriftenreihen/landschaft-und-kultur/band-5.html

Potty humor and other strangeness from German folklore!#Germany #folktale #folklorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VS1VqG0i9Q

Fortunate are those who possess an Earth Mirror - and were born under the right stars to be able to harness its powers!#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Earth_Mirror