Richard Wagner based his opera Tannhauser und der Saengerkrieg auf Wartburg on the two sagas provided below. The opera takes a romantic lo...

Grimm’s Saga No. 561 The Wartburg Singing War In the year 1206, six virtuous and reasonable men came together in song to compose hymns at Wa...

The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico Deutsche Sagen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (Brueder Grimm), 1816/18 No. 171 Noble Tannhäuser , a Germa...

In addition to their pantheon of gods, ancient Germanic tribes acknowledged a number of supernatural beings, who were capable of help or h...

Rumpelstiltskin is an odd fellow. Sharing traits of both wild man and witch, he is indeed a rare breed of fairytale figure. It might...

There was once a miller who was poor, but he had a beautiful daughter. Now it happened that he came into conversation with the king and to...

Source: Ludwig Bechstein, German Saga Book, Leipzig 1853 The Lorelei (or Lurlei) The Rhine River flows through a valley and push...

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For the Western mind, it is hard to read The White Snake without noticing the abundance of references to one of the most famous Biblical s...

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The fairy tale The Three Languages roughly follows the life of Saint Severus, whose relics were translated to the Severikirche in Erfurt, ...

Any Liberal Arts major can identify with the fairy tale The Three Languages (full text below). At first glance, the story seems to be a sim...

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Diminutive Ancient Wagon, Pergamon Museum, Berlin The Germanic goddess Frouwa was the sister of the sun god Fro. Because of this sol...

Walpurgisnacht : in Germanic countries, the night of April 30 to May 1st. On this night witches fly from all directions on broomsticks to d...

The old woman in Jorinda and Joringel (full text provided by clicking here ) is no ordinary sorceress. In fact she is a magician of the ...

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As Walpurgisnacht is approaching (evening of April 30th to May 1st), it might be appropriate to read a fairy tale about a witch. This t...

Fairy Tale Factum: Hooting Ursula  is a wonderful illustration of elements commonly encountered in German folk tales. At first glance,...

At midnight in storm and rain the Hackelnberg Huntsman races through the Thuringia Wood. His wagon, horse and hounds make a crackling and ...

April Fool’s Day On this day, tricks are played on the April fool: a credulous person who suffers some hoax or conspiracy, often to make ...