Fangga
nature_spirit forest single tradition · 1
The Fangga of the Nassereith forest in Tyrol was reputed to be the size of a medium-sized tree, and preyed on young boys. She would sniff the boys as if taking a pinch of snuff up her up her nose. or kill them cruelly by rubbing the boys against prickly-branched trees, until they were grated into dust.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Salige Frau, wilde Fräulein, Stutzamutza, Hoachrinta, Stutz-Färche, Rohrinde, Wildfängl, Waldfänken, wilde Männlin, Fänggen, Fängge
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Sources
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Source passages
“The story of a peasant who pretended his name was "Saltton" (meaning "Dunnit-myself") to escape the Fangga is a story of the Polyphemus type. A peasant of Arzl in Oberinntal while out hunting for firewood gets captured and was about to be eaten, but suggests he would taste better cooked than raw. While the Fangga was trying to split a log apart with her hands, he removed the wedge so that it snapped shut trapping her hand.”
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