Moosweibchen
nature_spirit forest Thuringian folklore single tradition · 1
Little moss women of Thuringian folklore who are chased by the wild huntsman in the afternoon and at night. Their only safe refuge is a tree stump marked with three crosses by a woodsman while the tree was still falling. They represent a regional variant of the moss-clad female forest spirits found throughout German folklore.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Holzhetzer, Holzfräulein, Rüttelweiber, Nachtjäger
- enemy of
- wilder Jäger
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In Thuringia, the only place where a Moosweibchen "little moss woman") is safe from the wild huntsman (German wilder Jäger) chasing her kind in the afternoon and at night is a tree stump marked with three crosses”
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