Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 39: The Elves of Christmas (or: Die Wichtelmaenner ) Through no fault of his own, a shoemaker had slip...

St. Joseph in the Forest:  a Fairy Tale of Saints and Sinners  There once was a mother who had three daughters. The ol...

A fairy tale by Ludwig Bechstein: Thassilo in Lorsch Ludwig Bechstein: Deutsches Sagenbuch 56. Thassilo in Lorsch Now it happe...

A fairy tale from Visp, Switzerland: the mysterious Achti-light. Last seen in the hot summer days sometime around 1890, a man r...

The Knight’s Hound There once lived a noble knight who had a single son whom he loved so much that he employed three nursemaids to ...

Grimm’s Saga No. 365: The Sacred Sea of Hertha Seven Germanic tribes lived between river and wood. They were called the Reud...

Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring and the rising morning sun . She represents nature’s resurrection from its deep winte...

From the Gesta Romanorum:  The Drinking Horn There is a small mountain in the kingdom of England (also known as land of the...

Why Speech is Sweet Music to God’s Ears Whenever he heard music Kaiser Tiberius was wondrously delighted.  Once it happen...

The Snake When wise Theodosius ruled his eyesight deteriorated. He therefore issued an edict: a bell would be installed in hi...