Sylvia Rose
Poltergeist - Nastiest Noisy Spirit
Poltergeist is one of the best known entities of European and American lore. It's classed among the "noisy spirits" of German myth, along...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 246 min read
Heimchen - House Crickets of Folklore
Heimchen are house crickets (Acheta domesticus) in German folklore, said to bring luck or foretell disaster. Dwarfs might take the form...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 96 min read
Alp or Alps: Elves & Alpine Mountains
In German Alp can refer to an Elf or a mountain. An antiquated term, Alp for Elf drops out of common vocabulary in the Middle Ages and...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 24 min read
Klagefrau: Wailing Woman of German Folklore
Klagfrau or Klagefrau is the Wailing Woman of German folklore. To hear her is an omen of death or disaster. She goes by many names but...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 24 min read
Klabautermann - Germanic Sea Kobold
Klabautermann is a water kobold of the Baltic and North Seas. He's one of the noisy spirits, who can scream like the wind. In general he...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 264 min read
Schrat: German Nightmare Forest Elf
Schrat (Schratt) is a nature spirit, goblin, elf or domestic entity in Germanic lore. Waldschrat or Wood Schrat lives in the forest....
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 245 min read
Night Raven (Nachtkrapp) Germania
Nachtkrapp or Night Raven is a large predatory bird found in lore of Switzerland, Germany and the North Lands. Nachtkrapp (Nachtkrappe,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 313 min read
Sonne - Sun Goddess of Germania
Sun worship is a prehistoric nature religion. An organized cult and mythology appear in Egypt c. 1400 BCE. Worship of the Sun as a...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 74 min read
Dragons: German Harvest & Nature Spirits
The mystic Dragon is among the plentiful Harvest Spirits, nature spirits and legendary creatures in Germany. Appearing in various shapes...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 21, 20234 min read
Divine Twins: Germanic & Greek Mythology
The Divine Twins or Horse Twins are part of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon, and appear in later mythologies too. The Divine Twins...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 20233 min read
German House Spirits: Beer Donkey (Bieresel)
Bieresel loves beer and other fermented beverage s , such as apple cider, mead or wine. In German folklore the beer donkey lives in wine...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 11, 20235 min read
Warrior Queen: Kriemhild of the Burgundians
Kriemhild marries Germanic hero Siegfried of Xanten. A princess of Burgundy, she grows up in the halls of royal plots and suspicious...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Make a Frau Holle Altar For Yule
Creating a Frau Holle altar for the Yule season is fun. Frau Holle is among the most beloved of German deities. She's a domestic goddess...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Bird Woman Elwetritsch: German Folklore
Elwetritsch is a hybrid bird creature from the Palatinate region in southwest Germany. She's described as a chicken or woman-like bird...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 6, 20238 min read
German Nature Spirits: Evolution
German nature spirits include elves, imps, fairies, dwarfs, nixies, tree spirits, solar and lunar spirits and countless other creatures...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 2, 20234 min read
Harvest Spirits: Katzenmann (Cat Man)
Katzenmann or Cat Man is a hybrid harvest spirit of German mythology. A man with qualities of a cat or vice versa, he can manifest...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 28, 20236 min read
Eschenfrau: Wicked Ash Tree Woman
The Ash Tree (Fraxinus) holds a special place in the magic and myth of Germany and the rest of Europe. In pagan nature lore, tree spirits...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 26, 20234 min read
German Nature Folklore - Fruit Trees
Fruit trees are integral to Germanic culture and lore. In times when most farms and rural homesteads depend on the land for nourishment,...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 20, 20234 min read
German Vampires - Nachzehrer
German and north European vampires have little in common with the vampires of America and popular culture. The Nachzehrer is a type of...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 16, 20234 min read
Goats in German Myth: Erntebock & Habergeiß
The Erntebock (Harvest Goat) is a treacherous spirit. Sometimes he's accompanied by his better half, the Habergeiß or she-goat. In...
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