kobel
demonic earth mining single tradition · 2
A demon the Germans called kobel was held responsible for the mischief of its existence, according to the preacher. The kobel demon was also blamed for the "hipomane" [sic] or horse's poison (cf. hippomanes, § Rosenkranz mine, Annaberg).
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1562 CE
- Attested period
- 1562 – 1562
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in a German sermon by Johannes Mathesius.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Gnome
- co occurs with
- Berggeist, Schrat, Kobold, nisses, hütchen, drak, Nis Puk, Hinzelmann, Klabautermann, Bergmännlein, dæmon metallicus, gnomes, Puk
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“German miners called cobelt (also kobelt, cobalt), and a demon the Germans called kobel was held responsible for the mischief of its existence, according to the preacher.”
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“The kobold is sometimes conflated with the mine demon kobel or Bergmännlein/Bergmännchen, which Paracelsus equated with the earth elemental gnome.”
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