Jürgen Hubert
Jürgen HubertWhat topic from German #folklore interests you the most?
Pick something, and I will try to add an appropriate tale from my backlog to the wiki soon (assuming that I have an appropriate tale).
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Main_Page
Jürgen HubertA black cat with oversized eyes roams on a meadow near Salzderhelden.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #cat @germany@a.gup.pe @folklore@a.gup.pe
https://www.patreon.com/posts/weird-cats-64651278
Jürgen HubertDiese Sicht kann ich nachvollziehen, auch wenn ich nicht weiß, ob eine Altersbeschränkung für #SocialMedia das richtige wäre - von der Frage, wie man das z.B. für das #Fediverse durchsetzen könnte, ganz abgesehen.
Wo bei wir hier im Fesiverse durchschnittlich gesehen sowieso alte Säcke sind...
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg-gruenenpolitiker-cem-oezdemir-will-social-media-nutzung-unter-16-jahren-verbieten-a-9f8b5fd9-bb76-4349-819d-42e740624b42
Jürgen Hubert#WritersCoffeeClub 12. How does the morality of the characters you write differ from your own?
Well, the folk tales I translate are firmly embedded in the cultural norms of 19th century German peasantry.
So there are some major values dissonances between what they believe and what I believe. An incomplete list of beliefs of such times that I find offensive:
- Children born out of marriage are something shameful
- People who commit suicides should not be buried in hallowed grounds, but outside the communities such as on gallows' hills and other places where the worst of sinners are buried
- Everything will be fine once Germany gets an Emperor again (this was a common sentiment from 1815 to 1871)
- Parents should beat their children in order to enforce discipline
- Beauty equals goodliness, ugliness equals evil (sadly, this doesn't seem to have changed much)
- Dying young and destitute is okay as long as you immediately enter Heaven afterwards
- Baptism is required to enter Heaven, and thus infants who die during childbirth without a midwife giving them an emergency baptism will not go to Heaven
- It is okay to physically abuse disabled infants, because they are really changelings and doing so will get the spirits bring your real infant back
And don't get me started on the very blatant #antisemitism ...
Jürgen HubertEach St. John's Day, the spirit of the river Neckar seeks a sacrifice.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #river @germany@a.gup.pe @folklore@a.gup.pe
https://www.patreon.com/posts/lay-of-giants-34239999
Jürgen HubertWhen a spirit wants to sleep with your husband, you'd better not protest loudly.
#MythologyMonday #Austria #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Curse_and_Blessing_of_the_Wild_Maidens
Jürgen HubertUnfortunate are those who are tormented by a night hag during their sleep!
#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Walrider_-_A_Victim%E2%80%99s_Tale
Jürgen HubertEven dragons can be slain if they are caught napping.
#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Last_Lindwurm
Jürgen HubertEmperor Charlemagne lies within Untersberg Mountain - not dead but dreaming.
#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Mountain_Rapture_-_Emperor_Charlemagne
Jürgen HubertIn Würzburg, a student once took a prank too far - and paid the price.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #dog
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Ghostly_Poodle