Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The Wolpertinger, the legendary chimerical creature of Bavarian folklore — a fantastical horned, fanged, winged rabbit-beast assembled from many animals,
The Roggenmuhme, a corn-spirit and field-bogey of German folklore — the “Rye-Mother” of the ryefields, a frightening hag invoked to keep children out of
The Nachzehrer, a kind of undead revenant of German and Slavic-border folklore — a corpse that chews and devours its own shroud and flesh in the grave,
The Moss People (Moosleute), the little forest-spirits of German folklore — a shy, grey, moss-clad race of wild wood-folk who dwell in the deep woods,
The Heinzelmännchen, the helpful little house-gnomes of German folklore famous in the legend of Cologne — tiny sprites who did all the townsfolk’s work by
The Elwetritsch (Elwedritsche), a comical legendary creature of German folklore from the Palatinate — a chicken-like fowl with antlers and scales, famous
The Drude (Trude), the nightmare-hag and night-demon of German and Alpine folklore — a malevolent female spirit who torments sleepers with crushing
The Bilwis (Bilwiz), an ambivalent field- and grain-spirit of German folklore — an old elf turned malevolent corn-demon or field-witch who cuts strange
The Aufhocker, a malevolent night-creature of German folklore — a shapeshifting spirit that leaps onto the back of a lone traveller in the dark and grows
The Alp, the nightmare-demon of German folklore — a small, shapeshifting spirit that sits upon the sleeper’s chest, pressing down with crushing weight,
