#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 18: Do you tend to incorporate supernatural elements in your work?'nThe vast majority of the German folk tales I translate have some kind of supernatural element.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 18: Do you tend to incorporate supernatural elements in your work?
The vast majority of the German folk tales I translate have some kind of supernatural element. This not only represents the source material, but presumably it is also what my readers are most interested in.
There are a few exceptions such as "The Double Marriage of the Gleichens" and "The Maid of Wildenloh", which rely on sex and violence instead to maintain the interest of their audience (i.e. the rural peasants who gathered for the storytelling evenings).
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Double_Marriage_of_the_Gleichens
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Maid_of_Wildenloh
