@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy
Translates German folk tales. Tries to learn #Italian .
#ttrpg #pnpde #dnd #folklore
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@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy[Link to folk tales featuring rape]
Here is the next installment of my translations of German folk tales featuring villainous nobles.
Be advised that these tales have content warnings for rape for a reason.
https://www.patreon.com/sunkencastles/posts/lustful-nobles-171661948
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyTheir perspective as fans of folklore and folk tales.
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyYou are right! Corrected.
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyWhen a Wild Maiden takes an interest in your husband, your best chance of survival lies in acting like a complete doormat.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Curse_and_Blessing_of_the_Wild_Maidens
@juergen-hubert.tomes.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gyReposted by @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyLooking at its table of contents, it seems to focus on "secret practices" rather than folk belief, and thus it's likely to be less useful as research material for my planned book on magic-focused folk tales from German folklore. Still, it should be interesting nonetheless, and it even seems to […]
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyWhen a spirit woman takes an interest in a mortal man, she does not hesitate to remove any obstacles to her courtship.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Golden_Girdle
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyWhile I wait for my beta readers to give me feedback on my WIP, here is what I need to do in the meantime: - Write up proper errata for my previous two books (do you spot any mistakes?). - Update the text of these books to include the errata for a "second printing" version. - Publish that new […]
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyYeah, such situations can get very awkward very quickly. https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/How_A_Burgher_Mistook_A_Dead_Cow_For_A_Beautiful_Woman
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyI can see the appeal. Though for those who do want the explanations, I offer my books with their copious footnotes which they can use for further research.
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyDepends. Sometimes it's a simple matter of explaining the real world locations mentioned in the tales. And sometimes it's: "This takes place in the context of the Protestant Reformation where all denominations are dissing each other!"
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyOf Doctor Faust and others who bargained with the Devil!
#Germany #Devil #folktale #folklore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQvBVq-GKQA
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyWoe to those who fall in love with the Blessed Maidens of the mountains, for they give no second chances.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Blessed_Maidens_near_Morin_in_the_%C3%96tztal_Valley
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy@juergen-hubert.tomes.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gyReposted by @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyThis book about "Magic and Mages in the Middle Ages" contains the following chapters: 1. The Heritage of Antiquity 2. Christianity 3. Magic and the Church 4. The Legal Situation 5. Oriental Influences and Tradition 6. Heathen Europe 7. Magic and Science 8. Magical Practice 9 […]
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyThe "Blessed Maidens" of the mountains are particularly protective of the chamois who graze in the Alps.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Chamois_Maiden_in_the_Kalmtal_Valley
@juergen-hubert.tomes.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gyReposted by @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyThe first entry for my "Comparative Folklore" project. I am looking forward to discovering both the similarities and the differences to German folk tales.
#folklore #Mayans #Bookstodon
tomes.tchncs.de/list/439/s/comparative-folklore-worldwide
(comment on Mayan folktales)
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyThe goddess Hulda rules over the Salige or "Blessed Maidens" - the spirit protectors of the European Alps.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Hulda_and_the_Blessed_Maidens
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyOne of the most common antisemitic slanders against Jews was "blood libel" - the notion that Jews desired the blood of Christian for nefarious purposes.
#Germany #antisemitism #folktale #folklore
https://sunkencastles.com/2024/01/29/antisemitism-in-german-folklore-part-2-blood-libel/
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyEine Frage an die Runde: Kennt jemand gute historische Bilder auf Wikimedia Commons, die bildlich darstellen wie Adelige die einfache Bevölkerung unterdrücken?
Idealerweise sollten diese Bilder aus dem deutschen Sprachraum kommen.
Gerne boosten!
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy@skinnylatte Oh God, American bread is the WORST!
Me in 2008:
