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Creatures found in the legends and folktales of German-speaking countries such as Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
It has a body comprising various animal parts – generally wings, antlers, a tail, and fangs; all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant. [3]
This category lists articles related to the legendary creatures in the mythology of Germanic peoples Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was a key element of Germanic paganism .
Grimm says Perchta or Berchta was known "precisely in those Upper German regions where Holda leaves off, in Swabia, in Alsace, in Switzerland, in Bavaria and Austria." [ 4 ] According to Erika Timm , Perchta emerged from an amalgamation of Germanic and pre-Germanic, probably Celtic , traditions of the Alpine regions after the Migration Period ...
Like elves, dwarfs are beings of Germanic lower mythology. They are mostly male and imagined as a collective; [141] however, individual named dwarfs also play an important role in Norse mythology. [142] In Norse and German texts, dwarfs live in mountains and are known as great smiths and craftsmen.
See also Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology. Belche Middle High German: Belche: From PGmc *balaz-, Gothic bals ("white"), referring to the mark on the horse's forehead. [3] Dietleib von Steier's horse, which is from the same stud as Dietrich von Bern's horse Valke. [3] Blanke Middle High German: Blanke, Old Norse: Blanka
It is distinct from both of these creatures in that it wears a magic hat called a Tarnkappe, from which it draws its powers. The word Alp is the German form of the word that comes into English as elf, both descended from Common Germanic. It is also known by the following names: trud, mar, mart, mahr, schrat, and walrider.