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Pages in category "Dutch legendary creatures" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Draeck; E.
The narwhal, giant sturgeon and giant squid also make the list of creatures once thought to be mythical, but are all-too real. ... from a Pennsylvania Dutch-English word meaning “apple-snitch ...
In Pennsylvania among the Pennsylvania Dutch, the Elwetritsch is known as the Elbedritsch. [1] The lore concerning the Elbedritsch is similar to that of the Elwetritsch in that the victim of the trick was set out with a bag to catch one and left abandoned. [ 2 ]
The first written account of the squonk was from the 1910 book Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods. [3] His provenance was attested in the next written iteration, in the 1939 book Fearsome Critters. This book suggested that the creatures had migrated from deserts to swamps to finally settle in Pennsylvania. [4]
The moss maidens, who appear in Old Dutch and Southern Germanic folklore were known as tree spirits or wood elves, often chased in the Dutch version of the Wild Hunt. The Kabouter was the Dutch name for the kobold ( gnome ), a household spirit and earth spirit who usually lived underground.
Dutch legendary creatures (9 P) L. Dutch legends (1 C, 5 P) P. ... Pages in category "Dutch folklore" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Powwow, also called Brauche, Brauchau, or Braucherei in the Pennsylvania Dutch language, is a vernacular system of North American traditional medicine and folk magic originating in the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Blending aspects of folk religion with healing charms, "powwowing" includes a wide range of healing rituals used primarily for ...
Elwetritsch (German) – Birdlike forest creature of the Palatinate and Pennsylvania Dutch country; Emere – Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will; Emim – Giant; Empusa – Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men