Wandering Adventure Party

@mythologymonday I have to admit, the word "friendly" does limit my options a bit. But I will see what I can do.

The best midwives have three kinds of stones that will help them in their trade.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Milk_Stone,_the_Blood_Stone,_and_the_Trude_Stone

An old rock formation on Helgoland island bore testimony to a preacher who would not even let death shut him up.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Monk_on_Helgoland_Island

A group of stones near Morin is all that is left of seven young men who blasphemed against God and Bread.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Seven_Stones_near_Morin

Long before the Nazis took an interest in the Externsteine rock formation, they were the Devil's playground.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Legends_of_the_Externsteine

The Stubbenkammer - one of Germany's most famous rock formations - is full of secrets.And treasure.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Maiden_at_the_Waschstein_Rock_near_the_Stubbenkammer

Frau Holle can frequently be seen as the "Three Breads Stone" near Sankt Andreasberg.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Frau_Holle,_the_Black_Kathrine,_and_the_Forest_Woman_in_Sankt_Andreasberg

There are a numerous strangely moving stones in the hill country east of the Rhine.#MythologyMondayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Revolving_Stones

@AimeeMaroux I'm running late because my day job kept me exceptionally busy today. But I will see what I can dig up.

Discover Germany's haunted lakes!#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Lake

Learn where long-dead kings and emperors sleep.And if you choose to visit their resting places, bring a hammer and a stake - just to be sure.#MythologyMondayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Sleeping_Ruler

@Godyssey @AimeeMaroux Paganplus is on Mastodon v4.5.7, which is fairly recent, so I am not too worried about that instance. Thefolklore.cafe on the hand was stuck on v4.2 since forever.Still, if you back up your user data regularly, you should be regain most of your Fediverse connections quickly if your old instance goes down (although your can't take your old posts with you).

Another great collection of folk tales is "Mythen und Sagen Tirols" by Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg.Not only are the local legends of the Tyrolean Alps endlessly fascinating, but I recognize the author for a fellow folklore enthusiast with _views_ - which he is never shy about sharing them with his readers. #MythologyMondayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Alpenburg_-_Mythen_und_Sagen_Tirols

One of my favorite collections of German folk tales is Otto Schell's "Bergische Sagen", which covers the hill country east of the Middle Rhine.This collection contains so many utterly bizarre supernatural phenomena that sometimes wonder what kinds of pollutants were in the local water supply.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Schell_-_Bergische_Sagen

While it was eclipsed by their more commercially successful collection of fairy tales, the two-volume "Deutsche Sagen" by the Brothers Grimm was at least as important for German folklore research.In it, they shared German local and historical legends, as opposed to the "timeless", unlocalized fairy tales. And it is this work that inspired hundreds of other German folklore researchers to publish their own regional collections.#MythologyMondayhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Grimm_-_Deutsche_Sagen_Band_1

@AimeeMaroux I asked him directly a year ago if he planned to update any time soon, and he said no - he was too busy with other things that were going on in his life.

A group of dead farmers regularly meet at a crossroads near Mettmann in order to continue their bowling games as they did in life.And since they lack proper bowling gear, they use their own bones instead.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Bowling_Farmers

For many years, a bone that was given as a participation trophy by the Wild Huntsman was kept in the St. Johannis Church in Magdeburg.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Huntsman_%28Magdeburg%29

When the ferryman of Wipfeld could not name a price for his services, the Wild Hunt left him a bone.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Hunt_at_Wipfeld_in_Lower_Franconia

During witches' festivals, glamours are placed on bones and skulls to make them appear as fantastic objects.#MythologyMonday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Witches%27_Ball_of_Osenau