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While the strange nobleman courting a charcoal burner's daughter made pretensions at chivalry, ultimately it was all an act.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Huntsman_in_the_Odenwieserwald_Forest

Chivalric notions about romantic marriage are all well and good, but this young knight really should have done a background check on his intended bride before proposing.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dead_Bride

Challenging a headless ghost to a round of fisticuffs was a brave but ultimately stupid idea.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Farmer%27s_Fight_Against_the_Headless_Man

A noble living on an island on the Vistula river was known equally for his bravery and his cruelty - until he offended the wrong witch.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Implanted_Hare%27s_Heart

While the adults hid in fear, a child drove the Devil away from the soul of a dying man.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Child_Drives_the_Devil_Away

When we had fallen deeply ill, the knight Walter von Endenich was tempted by the Devil - but he held firm in his convictions.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Knight_Walter_von_Endenich_and_the_Devil

The Count of Gleichen promised marriage to a Saracen princess for freeing him from slavery.But how could he honor this promise when he was already married?#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Double_Marriage_of_the_Gleichens

@DrorBedrack Though I do want to emphasize that, despite its reputation, German folk tales aren't all "GrimmDark". Yes, many tales are tragic or horrific. But there is no shortage of comedy, either.

When facing seven brother-bandits invading her home, the Maid of Wildenloh was outnumbered. But she lacked neither courage nor wits.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Maid_of_Wildenloh

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In one house in Goslar, a ghost stalks woman who have recently given birth.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Woman_in_Childbed

@cptbutton ...an interesting thought. I can't say for sure, though.

Many spirits need the assistance of a human midwife if their own wives go into childbirth.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Man_of_the_Ocean_Ekke_Nekkepenn

@Ardeija That's useful context that I hadn't been aware of - thanks!

The miracle worker Doctor Theophrast of Hohenheim - also known as Paracelsus - had a fantastic life. It is thus not surprising that his birth was equally spectacular.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_Doctor_Theophrast%27s_Origin

If you use magic to ease the pain of childbirth, the child is in danger of becoming a night hag later in life.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Witches_and_Trudes

@ljwrites The latter part is pretty common in German folk tales featuring exorcism - the evil spirits often seem to know the past sins of exorcists, and will use that knowledge to claim that they have no power over them.Either the exorcist can explain the sin away due to extenuating circumstances, or they need to fetch a purer person to do the job.

If a child is born with a caul over their head, they are doomed to rise as vampires after death.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Unh%C3%AEr_or_Unhuer

The Devil is always ready to punish sinners with fire.#MythologyMondayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Fire-Spraying_Cherries

Some Underworlds seem pleasant at first glance. But they are often illusions hiding a fiery hellscape.#MythologyMondayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Goatherd_Boy_in_the_Illgraben