Berggeist
nature_spirit mountain single tradition · 1
It was regarded as a treatise on the "Mountain spirit" (Berggeist by the Brothers Grimm, in Deutsche Sagen. Agricola is the earliest and probably most reliable source on Berggeist, then known as Bergmännlein, etc.
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 1562
- Historical notes
- Documented in early modern Germany.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- daemon metallicus, cobelos, daemon subterraneus, gnomes, kobel
- syncretized with
- Bergmännlein
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Much more details were presented in Agricola's later Latin work De animantibus subterraneis (1549) (cf. § De animantibus subterraneis), known as a monograph on Berggeist ("mountain spirit") in the Grimms' Deutsche Sagen.”
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