#WritersCoffeeClub 23 Aug
Do you tend towards writing personal or universal cataclysms? Why?

People come to death or ruin in German folk tales all the time, usually through some personal failing.

Universal cataclysms are rarer in German folk tales, but they do show up, since biblical eschatology has influenced German folklore similar to many other religious elements. A lot of tales talk about a prophesized "Final Battle" just before Judgment Day - usually, the Turks have overrun most of the world, except for some last remnants in Germany. And then the Day Will Be Saved by some long-lost emperor or army sleeping under a mountain somewhere. And after that, the curtains fail and the End Times have arrived.