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Collection of German folk stories

**_Volksmärchen der Deutschen_** ('Folktales of the Germans'; original spelling: **_Volksmährchen der Deutschen_**) is an early collection of German [folk stories](/wiki/Folk_stories "Folk stories") retold in a satirical style by [Johann Karl August Musäus](/wiki/Johann_Karl_August_Mus%C3%A4us "Johann Karl August Musäus"), published in five volumes between 1782 and 1787.[\[1\]](#cite_note-Klee-1)[\[2\]](#cite_note-Bottigheimer-2)[\[note 1\]](#cite_note-FirstEd-3)

## Stories

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Volume
Year
Original title
Literal translation
First English translation
1
1782
"[Die Bücher der Chronika der drey Schwestern](/wiki/The_Three_Enchanted_Princes "The Three Enchanted Princes")" [Die drei Schwestern (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Die_drei_Schwestern&action=edit&redlink=1 "Die drei Schwestern (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_drei_Schwestern "de:Die drei Schwestern")\]'The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters'1791[\[a\]](#cite_note-4)"[Richilde](/wiki/Richilde_(fairy_tale) "Richilde (fairy tale)")" [Richilde (Musäus) (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Richilde_(Mus%C3%A4us)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Richilde (Musäus) (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richilde_(Mus%C3%A4us) "de:Richilde (Musäus)")\]'Richilda'1791[\[b\]](#cite_note-5)"[Rolands Knappen](/wiki/Fortunatus_(book) "Fortunatus (book)")" [Rolands Knappen (Märchen) (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Rolands_Knappen_(M%C3%A4rchen)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rolands Knappen (Märchen) (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolands_Knappen_(M%C3%A4rchen) "de:Rolands Knappen (Märchen)")\]'[Roland](/wiki/Roland "Roland")'s Squires'1845[\[c\]](#cite_note-6)2
1783
"Legenden von Rübezahl"
'Legends of [Rübezahl](/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl "Rübezahl")'1791[\[d\]](#cite_note-7)"Die Nymphe des Brunnens" [Die Nymphe des Brunnens (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Die_Nymphe_des_Brunnens&action=edit&redlink=1 "Die Nymphe des Brunnens (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Nymphe_des_Brunnens "de:Die Nymphe des Brunnens")\]'The Nymph of the Spring'1791[\[e\]](#cite_note-8)3
1784
"Libussa" [Libussa (Musäus) (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Libussa_(Mus%C3%A4us)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Libussa (Musäus) (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libussa_(Mus%C3%A4us) "de:Libussa (Musäus)")\]'[Libussa](/wiki/Libussa "Libussa")'1827[\[f\]](#cite_note-9)"[Der geraubte Schleier](/wiki/Swan_maiden "Swan maiden")" [Der geraubte Schleier (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Der_geraubte_Schleier&action=edit&redlink=1 "Der geraubte Schleier (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_geraubte_Schleier "de:Der geraubte Schleier")\]'The Stolen Veil'1791[\[g\]](#cite_note-10)"Liebestreue" [Liebestreue (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Liebestreue&action=edit&redlink=1 "Liebestreue (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebestreue "de:Liebestreue")\]'Love-Loyalty'4
1786
"[Stumme Liebe](/wiki/The_Spectre-Barber "The Spectre-Barber")" [Stumme Liebe](/wiki/Stumme_Liebe "Stumme Liebe") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumme_Liebe "de:Stumme Liebe")\]'Mute Love'1813[\[h\]](#cite_note-11)"[Ulrich mit dem Bühel](/wiki/Riquet_with_the_Tuft "Riquet with the Tuft")" [Ulrich mit dem Bühel (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Ulrich_mit_dem_B%C3%BChel&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ulrich mit dem Bühel (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_mit_dem_B%C3%BChel "de:Ulrich mit dem Bühel")\]'Ulrich with the Hump'1845[\[i\]](#cite_note-12)"Dämon Amor" [Dämon Amor (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A4mon_Amor&action=edit&redlink=1 "Dämon Amor (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A4mon_Amor "de:Dämon Amor")\]'Demon Cupid'1845[\[j\]](#cite_note-13)5
1787
"Melechsala" [Melechsala (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Melechsala&action=edit&redlink=1 "Melechsala (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melechsala "de:Melechsala")\]'Melechsala'1805[\[k\]](#cite_note-14)"Der Schazgräber" [Der Schatzgräber (Musäus) (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Der_Schatzgr%C3%A4ber_(Mus%C3%A4us)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Der Schatzgräber (Musäus) (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schatzgr%C3%A4ber_(Mus%C3%A4us) "de:Der Schatzgräber (Musäus)")\]'The Treasure Seeker'1823[\[l\]](#cite_note-15)"Die Entführung" [Die Entführung (Musäus) (page does not exist)](/w/index.php?title=Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_(Mus%C3%A4us)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Die Entführung (Musäus) (page does not exist)") \[ [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_(Mus%C3%A4us) "de:Die Entführung (Musäus)")\]'The Elopement'1801[\[m\]](#cite_note-16)

## Publication and translation

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__Volksmärchen der Deutschen__ was first published in five volumes between 1782 and 1787 by C. W. Ettinger in [Gotha](/wiki/Gotha "Gotha"), Thuringia.[\[1\]](#cite_note-Klee-1)[\[2\]](#cite_note-Bottigheimer-2)[\[note 2\]](#cite_note-17)

After Musäus' death in 1787, his widow requested [Christoph Martin Wieland](/wiki/Christoph_Martin_Wieland "Christoph Martin Wieland") publish a re-edited version of the tales, which he did as __Die deutschen Volksmährchen von Johann August Musäus__ (1804–1805).[\[3\]](#cite_note-18)[\[note 3\]](#cite_note-19)

It has been reprinted many other times in Germany, including 1787–8, 1795–8,[\[4\]](#cite_note-20) 1912, 1965, and 1976.[\[5\]](#cite_note-21)

An abridged version edited by Moritz Müller for children, illustrated by [Hermann Vogel](/wiki/Hermann_Vogel_(German_illustrator) "Hermann Vogel (German illustrator)"), was published in [Stuttgart](/wiki/Stuttgart "Stuttgart") by Thienemann in 1887.[\[6\]](#cite_note-22)

### English translations

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The first English translation was _Popular Tales of the Germans_ (1791) by [Thomas Beddoes](/wiki/Thomas_Beddoes "Thomas Beddoes"), which contained five of the stories: "Richilda", "The Book of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters", "The Stealing of the Veil", "Elfin Freaks" ("Legenden von Rübezahl"), and "The Nymph of the Fountain". This book was published anonymously, and the translation was traditionally attributed to [William Beckford](/wiki/William_Beckford_(novelist) "William Beckford (novelist)").[\[7\]](#cite_note-23) Other early translations include "The Elopement" in the magazine _The German Museum_ (1801),[\[i\]](#cite_note-24) and the "Legends of Rübezahl" published in three [chapbooks](/wiki/Chapbook "Chapbook") by S. Fisher (1804–1805).[\[ii\]](#cite_note-25)

In the early nineteenth century, some French translations of the _Volksmärchen_ were translated into English. "The Lost Veil" and "Melechsala" were translated in _Tales_ (1805) from [Isabelle de Montolieu](/wiki/Isabelle_de_Montolieu "Isabelle de Montolieu")'s _Recueil de contes_ (1803),[\[8\]](#cite_note-26) an abridged version of " [The Spectre-Barber](/wiki/The_Spectre-Barber "The Spectre-Barber")" ("Stumme Liebe") was translated in _[Tales of the Dead](/wiki/Tales_of_the_Dead "Tales of the Dead")_ (1813) from [Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès](/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Beno%C3%AEt_Eyri%C3%A8s "Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès")' _[Fantasmagoriana](/wiki/Fantasmagoriana "Fantasmagoriana")_ (1812),[\[9\]](#cite_note-Woudenberg-27) and another abridged translation of "Stumme Liebe", by Isabelle de Montolieu, was translated as "The Dumb Lover" in _[La Belle Assemblée](/wiki/La_Belle_Assembl%C3%A9e "La Belle Assemblée")_ (1814).[\[10\]](#cite_note-28)[\[11\]](#cite_note-Montolieu_1805-29)

A number of direct translations were published in the 1820s, as part of an increased British interest in [German Romanticist literature](/wiki/German_Romanticism "German Romanticism").[\[12\]](#cite_note-Blamires-30)[\[13\]](#cite_note-Batt-31) This included two stories in _[Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations](/wiki/Popular_Tales_and_Romances_of_the_Northern_Nations "Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations")_ (1823),[\[iii\]](#cite_note-32) one of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _Endless Entertainment_ (1825),[\[iv\]](#cite_note-35) one story in [Thomas Roscoe](/wiki/Thomas_Roscoe "Thomas Roscoe")'s _The German Novelists_ (1826),[\[v\]](#cite_note-36) "The Elopement" in _The Odd Volume: Second Series_ (1827),[\[vi\]](#cite_note-37) another translation of "The Elopement" in _The United States Review and Literary Gazette_ (1827),[\[vii\]](#cite_note-38) three stories in [Thomas Carlyle](/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle "Thomas Carlyle")'s _German Romance_ (1827),[\[viii\]](#cite_note-39) and two of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _The Pocket Magazine_ (1827).[\[ix\]](#cite_note-40) In the 1830s, [Julia Emily Gordon](/wiki/Julia_Emily_Gordon "Julia Emily Gordon") completed an unpublished translation of _The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters_,[\[x\]](#cite_note-42) one of the "Legends of Rübezahl" was translated by [Henry Fox Talbot](/wiki/Henry_Fox_Talbot "Henry Fox Talbot") in _Legendary Tales, in Verse and Prose_ (1830),[\[xi\]](#cite_note-43) new abridged translations of "The Spectre Barber" were published in the _Royal Lady's Magazine_ (1831)[\[xii\]](#cite_note-44) and _The Decameron of the West_ (1839),[\[xiii\]](#cite_note-45) and another of the "Legends of Rübezahl" was translated in the _Ladies Companion and Literary Expositor_ (1837).[\[xiv\]](#cite_note-46)[\[17\]](#cite_note-47)[\[12\]](#cite_note-Blamires-30)[\[18\]](#cite_note-48)[\[19\]](#cite_note-49)[\[20\]](#cite_note-50)

The 1840s saw a revival of interest in German traditions following the marriage of [Queen Victoria](/wiki/Queen_Victoria "Queen Victoria") to [Prince Albert](/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort "Albert, Prince Consort") of [Saxe-Coburg and Gotha](/wiki/House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha "House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha") in 1840, which may have led to the subsequent new translations of Musäus' work.[\[12\]](#cite_note-Blamires-30) This included two of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _The Annualette_ (1841),[\[xv\]](#cite_note-51) the "Legendary Tale of the Graf von Gleichen" (a partial translation of "Melechsala") in _Rambles and Researches in Thuringian Saxony_ (1842),[\[xvi\]](#cite_note-52) _The Three Sisters: A Story_ (1842),[\[xvii\]](#cite_note-53) "Libussa" in _Tales from the German_ (1844),[\[xviii\]](#cite_note-54) three stories in _Legends of Rubezahl, and Other Tales_ (1845),[\[xix\]](#cite_note-55) two in _The Enchanted Knights; or The Chronicle of the Three Sisters_ (1845),[\[xx\]](#cite_note-56) seven in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845),[\[xxi\]](#cite_note-57) one of the "Legends of Rübezahl" by [Caroline M. Sawyer](/wiki/Caroline_M._Sawyer "Caroline M. Sawyer") in the _Universalist Union_ (1845),[\[xxii\]](#cite_note-58) "The Elopement" in _Sharpe's London Magazine_ (1846),[\[xxiii\]](#cite_note-59) two in _The Nymph of the Well and The Barber's Ghost_ (1848),[\[xxiv\]](#cite_note-60) _Melechsala_ (1848),[\[xxv\]](#cite_note-61) a light-hearted free verse poem version of the "Chronicles of the Three Sisters" as _The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour! Or, the Legend of the Enchanted Knights_ (1850),[\[xxvi\]](#cite_note-62) _The Stolen Veil; or, the Tale à la Montgolfier_ (1850),[\[xxvii\]](#cite_note-64) two in _Libussa, Duchess of Bohemia; also The Man Without a Name_ (1852),[\[xxviii\]](#cite_note-65) and three of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _[Hutchings' California Magazine](/wiki/Hutchings%27_California_Magazine "Hutchings' California Magazine")_ (1859–1860).[\[xxix\]](#cite_note-66)[\[12\]](#cite_note-Blamires-30)[\[22\]](#cite_note-67)[\[23\]](#cite_note-68)[\[24\]](#cite_note-69)[\[25\]](#cite_note-70)[\[26\]](#cite_note-71)

A number of new translations were published in the 1860s, including one of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _[The Art-Journal](/wiki/The_Art-Journal "The Art-Journal")_ (1861),[\[xxx\]](#cite_note-72) _The Three Sons-in-Law_ (1861),[\[xxxi\]](#cite_note-73) [Mark Lemon](/wiki/Mark_Lemon "Mark Lemon")'s _Legends of Number Nip_ (1863),[\[xxxii\]](#cite_note-74) all five of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _The Spirit of the Giant Mountains_ (1864),[\[xxxiii\]](#cite_note-75) and a new translation by Lemon of the "Chronicles of the Three Sisters" in _Fairy Tales_ (1868).[\[xxxiv\]](#cite_note-76) A few more followed, such as one in _Wonder-World Stories_ (1877),[\[xxxv\]](#cite_note-77) Harriet Pinckney Huse's _Roland's Squires_ (1891),[\[xxxvi\]](#cite_note-78) "The Treasure Seeker" in [Andrew Lang](/wiki/Andrew_Lang "Andrew Lang")'s _[The Crimson Fairy Book](/wiki/The_Crimson_Fairy_Book "The Crimson Fairy Book")_ (1903),[\[xxxvii\]](#cite_note-79) the first _Volksmärchen_ Rübezahl tale in _[The Brown Fairy Book](/wiki/The_Brown_Fairy_Book "The Brown Fairy Book")_ (1904),[\[xxxviii\]](#cite_note-80) two stories in _Magic Casements: A Second Fairy Book_ (1907),[\[xxxix\]](#cite_note-81) and an abridged version of the first of the "Legends of Rübezahl" in _The Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told_ (1945).[\[xl\]](#cite_note-82)[\[12\]](#cite_note-Blamires-30)[\[27\]](#cite_note-83)[\[28\]](#cite_note-84)

More recently, [Fritz Eichenberg](/wiki/Fritz_Eichenberg "Fritz Eichenberg") adapted the first of the "Legends of Rübezahl" as _Poor Troll_ (1983), Janet Ritch translated _The Elopement_ (1989) for the [Victoria University Library](/wiki/University_of_Victoria "University of Victoria"),[\[xli\]](#cite_note-86) [Jack Zipes](/wiki/Jack_Zipes "Jack Zipes") translated "Libussa" in _Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture_ (1991),[\[30\]](#cite_note-87) and Piri Korngold Nesselrod retold the five "Legends of Rübezahl" in _Rübezahl: The Adventurous Mountain Spirit_ (1999).[\[31\]](#cite_note-88)

## Notes

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-FirstEd_3-0)**Many later sources say the first edition was published from 1782 to 1786, but the 1845 edition's "Editor's Introduction" says 1782 to 1787, and no edition of the fifth volume has been found with a date before 1787.[\[1\]](#cite_note-Klee-1)
2. **[^](#cite_ref-17)**The first volume was published in 1782, the second in 1783, the third in 1784, the fourth in 1786, and the fifth in 1787.
3. **[^](#cite_ref-19)**Wieland's re-edited edition was published by C. W. Ettinger in [Gotha](/wiki/Gotha "Gotha"), in five volumes: the first in 1804, and the following volumes in 1805.

### English translations

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01. **[^](#cite_ref-4)**English translations of "Die Bücher der Chronika der drey Schwestern" include:


- "The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters" in _Popular Tales of the Germans_ (1791)
- _The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters_ (c. 1830)
- _The Three Sisters: A Story_ (1842)
- "The Three Sisters" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)
- "The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters" in _Legends of Rubezahl, and Other Tales_ (1845)
- _The Enchanted Knights; or, the Chronicle of the Three Sisters_ (1845)
- _The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour! Or, the Legend of the Enchanted Knights_ (1850)
- _The Three Sons-in-law_ (1861)
- "The Chronicles of the Three Sisters" in _Fairy Tales_ (1868)
- "The Story of Reinald, the Wonder-Child" in _Wonder-World Stories_ (1877)
- "The Enchanted Forest" in _Magic Casements: A Second Fairy Book_ (1907)

02. **[^](#cite_ref-5)**English translations of "Richilde" include:


- "Richilda; or, the Progress from Vanity to Vice" in _Popular Tales of the Germans_ (1791)
- "Richilda" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)

03. **[^](#cite_ref-6)**English translations of "Rolands Knappen" include:


- "Roland's Squires" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)
- _Roland's Squires_ (1891)

04. **[^](#cite_ref-7)**English translations of "Legenden von Rübezahl" include:


- "Elfin Freaks; or, the Seven Legends of Number-Nip" in _Popular Tales of the Germans_ (1791)
- _The Diverting History of Number Nip_ (1804), _The Story of the Doctor of Smiedberg_ (1804), and _The Journey to Carlsbad_ (1805)
- "The Gnome of the Hartz Mountains" in _Endless Entertainment_ (1825)
- "The King of the Hartz" and "The King of the Hartz and the Tailor of Liebenau" in _The Pocket Magazine_ (1827)
- "Rubezahl; or, The Mountain Spirit" in _Legendary Tales, in Verse and Prose_ (1830)
- "Rubezahl" in the _Ladies Companion and Literary Expositor_ (1837)
- "Honest Guy" and "The Adventures of the Countess Cecilia and the Mountain Spirit Numbernips" in _The Annualette_ (1841)
- "Legends of Rübezahl" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)
- "Legends of Rubezahl" in _Legends of Rubezahl, and Other Tales_ (1845)
- "A Legend of Ruebezahl, the Spirit of the Silesian Mountains" in the _Universalist Union_ (1845)
- "Legend of the Turnip-Counter" in _[Hutchings' California Magazine](/wiki/Hutchings%27_California_Magazine "Hutchings' California Magazine")_ (1859–1860)
- "The Origin and Nomenclature of Playing Cards" in _[The Art-Journal](/wiki/The_Art-Journal "The Art-Journal")_ (1861)
- "Legends of Number Nip" in _Legends of Number Nip_ (1863)
- _The Spirit of the Giant Mountains_ (1864)
- "Rübezahl" in _[The Brown Fairy Book](/wiki/The_Brown_Fairy_Book "The Brown Fairy Book")_ (1904)
- "How the Princess of Solesia Fooled the King of the Underworld" in _The Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told_ (1945)

05. **[^](#cite_ref-8)**English translations of "Die Nymphe des Brunnens" include:


- "The Nymph of the Fountain" in _Popular Tales of the Germans_ (1791)
- "The Nymph of the Fountain" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)
- "The Nymph of the Well" in _The Nymph of the Well and The Barber's Ghost_ (1848)
- "The Nymph of the Well" in _Magic Casements: A Second Fairy Book_ (1907)

06. **[^](#cite_ref-9)**English translations of "Libussa" include:


- "Libussa" in _German Romance_ (1827)
- "Libussa" in _Tales from the German_ (1844)
- "Libussa" in _Libussa, Duchess of Bohemia; also The Man Without a Name_ (1852)
- "Libussa" in _Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture_ (1991)

07. **[^](#cite_ref-10)**English translations of "Der geraubte Schleier" include:


- "The Stealing of the Veil; or, the Tale À La Montgolfier" in _Popular Tales of the Germans_ (1791)
- "The Lost Veil; or, the Lake of the Swans" in _Tales_ (1805)
- _The Stolen Veil; or, the Tale à la Montgolfier_ (1850)

08. **[^](#cite_ref-11)**English translations of "Stumme Liebe" include:


- "The Spectre-Barber" in _[Tales of the Dead](/wiki/Tales_of_the_Dead "Tales of the Dead")_ (1813)
- "The Dumb Lover" in _[La Belle Assemblée](/wiki/La_Belle_Assembl%C3%A9e "La Belle Assemblée")_ (1814)
- "The Spectre Barber" in _[Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations](/wiki/Popular_Tales_and_Romances_of_the_Northern_Nations "Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations")_ (1823)
- "The Dumb Lover" in _The German Novelists_ (1826)
- "Dumb Love" in _German Romance_ (1827)
- "The Grateful Ghost" in _Royal Lady's Magazine_ (1831)
- "The Spectre Barber" in _The Decameron of the West_ (1839)
- "Mute Love" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)
- "The Barber's Ghost" in _The Nymph of the Well and The Barber's Ghost_ (1848)

09. **[^](#cite_ref-12)**English translations of "Ulrich mit dem Bühel" include:


- "The Hen with the Golden Eggs" in _Legends of Rubezahl, and Other Tales_ (1845)

10. **[^](#cite_ref-13)**English translations of "Dämon Amor" include:


- "The Demon of the Ring" in _The Enchanted Knights; or, the Chronicle of the Three Sisters_ (1845)

11. **[^](#cite_ref-14)**English translations of "Melechsala" include:


- "Melechsala; or, the Language of Flowers" in _Tales_ (1805)
- "Melechsala" in _German Romance_ (1827)
- "Legendary Tale of the Graf von Gleichen" in _Rambles and Researches in Thuringian Saxony_ (1842)
- _Melechsala_ (1848)

12. **[^](#cite_ref-15)**English translations of "Der Schazgräber" include:


- "The Treasure-Seeker" in _[Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations](/wiki/Popular_Tales_and_Romances_of_the_Northern_Nations "Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations")_ (1823)
- "Peter Block; or, The Treasure-Seeker of the Harz" in _Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845)
- "The Treasure Seeker" in _The Crimson Fairy Book_ (1903)

13. **[^](#cite_ref-16)**English translations of "Die Entführung" include:


- "The Elopement" in _The German Museum_ (1801)
- "The Elopement" in _The United States Review and Literary Gazette_ (1827)
- "The Elopement" in _The Odd Volume: Second Series_ (1827)
- "The Elopement" in _Sharpe's London Magazine_ (1846)
- "The Man Without a Name" in _Libussa, Duchess of Bohemia; also The Man Without a Name_ (1852)
- _The Elopement_ (1989)

### Books

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01. **[^](#cite_ref-24)**"The Elopement" was published in volume 3 of _The German Museum_ magazine in June 1801. It was reprinted in volume 4 of the first series of _[The Literary Magnet](/wiki/The_Literary_Magnet "The Literary Magnet")_ magazine in 1825, and again as "Lauenstein Castle!" with an illustration in volume 2 of _The New Casket_ (1832).
02. **[^](#cite_ref-25)**S. Fisher printed three [chapbooks](/wiki/Chapbook "Chapbook"), with illustrations drawn by [William Marshall Craig](/wiki/William_Marshall_Craig "William Marshall Craig") and engraved by J. Nesbit: _The Diverting History of Number Nip_ (1804) containing the first two of the "Legends of Rübezahl", _The Story of the Doctor of Smiedberg_ (1804) containing the third and fourth legends, and _The Journey to Carlsbad_ (1805) containing the fifth.
03. **[^](#cite_ref-32)**_[Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations](/wiki/Popular_Tales_and_Romances_of_the_Northern_Nations "Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations")_ (1823) was translated anonymously, and published by John Henry Bohte. It included "The Treasure-Seeker", and "The Spectre Barber" ("Stumme Liebe").
04. **[^](#cite_ref-35)**"The Gnome of the Hartz Mountains", a translation of the second of the "Legends of Rübezahl", was published in issue 18 of the magazine _Endless Entertainment_ in 1825. This translation was later reprinted in two parts with an illustration in the magazine _Tales of All Nations_, issues 19 November and 26 November 1836,[\[14\]](#cite_note-33)[\[15\]](#cite_note-34) and included when the magazine stories were republished as a book _Tales of All Nations; or, Popular Legends and Romances_ (1848) by T. Allman.
05. **[^](#cite_ref-36)**_The German Novelists_ (1826) translated by [Thomas Roscoe](/wiki/Thomas_Roscoe "Thomas Roscoe") included "The Dumb Lover" ("Stumme Liebe") in volume 3.
06. **[^](#cite_ref-37)**The [Misses Corbett](/wiki/Misses_Corbett "Misses Corbett")'s _The Odd Volume: Second Series_ (1827) was published anonymously, and included a translation of "Die Entführung" as "The Elopement" with a waltz score inserted in the middle of the story. "The Elopement" was reprinted in [Robert Seymour](/wiki/Robert_Seymour_(illustrator) "Robert Seymour (illustrator)") and [Robert Cruikshank](/wiki/Isaac_Robert_Cruikshank "Isaac Robert Cruikshank")'s _Odd Volume_ (1835), with additional illustrations.
07. **[^](#cite_ref-38)**"The Elopement" was published in volume 2 of _The United States Review and Literary Gazette_ in June 1827. It was also published in Britain with an abridged introductory note in _The Gentleman's Pocket Magazine_ (1827).
08. **[^](#cite_ref-39)**[Thomas Carlyle](/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle "Thomas Carlyle")'s _German Romance_ (1827) included "Dumb Love", "Libussa", and "Melechsala", and these were reprinted many times in various collections of Carlyle's work.
09. **[^](#cite_ref-40)**The first and second of the "Legends of Rübezahl" were translated as "The King of the Hartz" and "The King of the Hartz and the Tailor of Liebenau" in _The Pocket Magazine_ (1827).
10. **[^](#cite_ref-42)**[Julia Emily Gordon](/wiki/Julia_Emily_Gordon "Julia Emily Gordon") (as "J. E. G.") translated _The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters_ around 1830, for "J. H. A.", along with three poems by [Friedrich Schiller](/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller "Friedrich Schiller"), thirty watercolours, and one pen and ink drawing.[\[16\]](#cite_note-41)
11. **[^](#cite_ref-43)**The second "Legend of Rübezahl" was translated as "Rubezahl; or, The Mountain Spirit" in [Henry Fox Talbot](/wiki/Henry_Fox_Talbot "Henry Fox Talbot")'s _Legendary Tales, in Verse and Prose_ (1830).
12. **[^](#cite_ref-44)**_Royal Lady's Magazine_ (July 1831) included a heavily abridged translation of "Stumme Liebe" as "The Grateful Ghost".
13. **[^](#cite_ref-45)**Arthur Sinclair's _The Decameron of the West_ (1839) included a heavily abridged translation of "The Spectre Barber".
14. **[^](#cite_ref-46)**The third of the "Legends of Rübezahl" was translated as "Rubezahl" by "S." in the _Ladies Companion and Literary Expositor_ (1837).
15. **[^](#cite_ref-51)**The third and fifth of the "Legends of Rübezahl" were translated anonymously as "Honest Guy" and "The Adventures of the Countess Cecilia and the Mountain Spirit Numbernips" in _The Annualette_ (1841).
16. **[^](#cite_ref-52)**[John Frederick Stanford](/wiki/John_Frederick_Stanford "John Frederick Stanford")'s _Rambles and Researches in Thuringian Saxony_ (1842) included a partial translation of "Melechsala", which he claimed was from an old manuscript.
17. **[^](#cite_ref-53)**[William Domville](/wiki/Domville_baronets "Domville baronets") translated "Chronicles of the Three Sisters" for his son's private printing press, as _The Three Sisters: A Story_ (1842).
18. **[^](#cite_ref-54)**[John Oxenford](/wiki/John_Oxenford "John Oxenford") translated "Libussa" in _Tales from the German_ (1844).
19. **[^](#cite_ref-55)**Hazlitt's Holiday Library series, edited by [William Hazlitt](/wiki/William_Hazlitt_(registrar) "William Hazlitt (registrar)"), included _Legends of Rubezahl, and Other Tales_ (1845), published by [Joseph Cundall](/wiki/Joseph_Cundall "Joseph Cundall"), including "The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters" (translated by [Clara de Chatelain](/wiki/Clara_de_Chatelain "Clara de Chatelain")), "Legends of Rubezahl", and "The Hen with the Golden Eggs".
20. **[^](#cite_ref-56)**An anonymous translation by A. Sagorski of "The Three Sisters" along with "The Demon of the Ring" ("Dämon Amor") was published by Hugh Cunningham as _The Enchanted Knights; or The Chronicle of the Three Sisters_ (1845).
21. **[^](#cite_ref-57)**_Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus_ (1845) was translated anonymously by [Adolf Zytogorski](/wiki/Adolf_Zytogorski "Adolf Zytogorski") as part of [Burns](/wiki/James_Burns_(publisher) "James Burns (publisher)")' Fireside Library series, with remaindered copies later reissued by [Edward Lumley](/w/index.php?title=Edward_Lumley_(publisher)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Edward Lumley (publisher) (page does not exist)"). It contained "Mute Love", "The Nymph of the Fountain", "⁠Peter Block" ("Der Schatzgräber"), "⁠The Three Sisters", "⁠Richilda", "⁠Roland's Squires", and the first three of the "Legends of Rübezahl".
22. **[^](#cite_ref-58)**The third of the "Legends of Rübezahl" was translated by [Caroline M. Sawyer](/wiki/Caroline_M._Sawyer "Caroline M. Sawyer") as "A Legend of Ruebezahl, the Spirit of the Silesian Mountains" in the _Universalist Union_ (1845).
23. **[^](#cite_ref-59)**"The Elopement" was translated anonymously, and published with an illustration in volume 2, issue 35 of _Sharpe's London Magazine_ on 27 June 1846.
24. **[^](#cite_ref-60)**[Adolf Zytogorski](/wiki/Adolf_Zytogorski "Adolf Zytogorski") published new translations of "Die Nymphe des Brunnens" and "Stumme Liebe" as _The Nymph of the Well and The Barber's Ghost_ (1848) under the name Adolphus Zytogorski.
25. **[^](#cite_ref-61)**_Melechsala_ (1848) was a literal translation of "Melechsala" by W. S. M. E. that was privately printed by W. Thiselton in [Ramsgate](/wiki/Ramsgate "Ramsgate").
26. **[^](#cite_ref-62)**M. G. Kennedy's _The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour! Or, the Legend of the Enchanted Knights_ (1850) was a light-hearted free verse poem version of the "Chronicles of the Three Sisters".
27. **[^](#cite_ref-64)**_The Stolen Veil; or, the Tale à la Montgolfier_ (1850) was a literal translation of "The Stolen Veil" by W. S. M. E. that was privately printed by W. Thiselton in [Ramsgate](/wiki/Ramsgate "Ramsgate"). Said by [Bertram Dobell](/wiki/Bertram_Dobell "Bertram Dobell") to be "a good rendering of Musäus' interesting story".[\[21\]](#cite_note-63)
28. **[^](#cite_ref-65)**[Adolf Zytogorski](/wiki/Adolf_Zytogorski "Adolf Zytogorski") translated "Libussa" and "Die Entführung" in _Libussa, Duchess of Bohemia; also The Man Without a Name_ (1852) under the name Adolphus Zytogorski; this was reprinted under his assumed name J. T. Hanstein in 1858, 1863, and 1866.
29. **[^](#cite_ref-66)**The first three of the "Legends of Rübezahl" were translated by P. F. Johnson as "Legend of the Turnip-Counter" in _[Hutchings' California Magazine](/wiki/Hutchings%27_California_Magazine "Hutchings' California Magazine")_ (1859–1860).
30. **[^](#cite_ref-72)**The first of the "Legends of Rübezahl" was translated by William Bell as part of "The Origin and Nomenclature of Playing Cards" in _[The Art-Journal](/wiki/The_Art-Journal "The Art-Journal")_ (1861).
31. **[^](#cite_ref-73)**Augusta Frederika Frere's _The Three Sons-in-Law_ (1861) was a free translation the "Chronicles of the Three Sisters".
32. **[^](#cite_ref-74)**[Mark Lemon](/wiki/Mark_Lemon "Mark Lemon")'s _Legends of Number Nip_ (1863) was a revision of Beddoes' 1791 translation of the "Legends of Rübezahl".
33. **[^](#cite_ref-75)**[Mary Catherine Rowsell](/wiki/Mary_Catherine_Rowsell "Mary Catherine Rowsell")'s _The Spirit of the Giant Mountains_ (1864) was a collection of many [Rübezahl](/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl "Rübezahl") stories from various sources, including the five from _Volksmärchen der Deutschen_.
34. **[^](#cite_ref-76)**[Mark Lemon](/wiki/Mark_Lemon "Mark Lemon")'s _Fairy Tales_ (1868) included a new translation of the "Chronicles of the Three Sisters", illustrated by [Charles Bennett](/wiki/Charles_H._Bennett_(illustrator) "Charles H. Bennett (illustrator)").
35. **[^](#cite_ref-77)**Marie Pabke and [Margery Deane](/wiki/Margery_Deane "Margery Deane")'s translation of "Chronicles of the Three Sisters", "The Story of Reinald, the Wonder-Child" was published in _Wonder-World Stories_ (1877), and reprinted in [Alfred Henry Miles](/wiki/Alfred_Henry_Miles "Alfred Henry Miles")' _[Fifty-Two Fairy Tales](/wiki/Fifty-Two_Library "Fifty-Two Library")_ (1892).
36. **[^](#cite_ref-78)**Harriet Pinckney Huse's _Roland's Squires; A Legend of the Time of Charlemagne_ (1891) contained illustrations.
37. **[^](#cite_ref-79)**[Andrew Lang](/wiki/Andrew_Lang "Andrew Lang")'s _[The Crimson Fairy Book](/wiki/The_Crimson_Fairy_Book "The Crimson Fairy Book")_ (1903) included "The Treasure Seeker" translated by [Leonora Blanche Alleyne](/wiki/Leonora_Blanche_Alleyne "Leonora Blanche Alleyne").
38. **[^](#cite_ref-80)**[Andrew Lang](/wiki/Andrew_Lang "Andrew Lang")'s _[The Brown Fairy Book](/wiki/The_Brown_Fairy_Book "The Brown Fairy Book")_ (1904) included "Rübezahl" translated by [Leonora Blanche Alleyne](/wiki/Leonora_Blanche_Alleyne "Leonora Blanche Alleyne") and, attributed to "_Volksmährchen der Deutschen_".
39. **[^](#cite_ref-81)**[Kate Douglas Wiggin](/wiki/Kate_Douglas_Wiggin "Kate Douglas Wiggin") and [Nora Archibald Smith](/wiki/Nora_Archibald_Smith "Nora Archibald Smith") included translations of "Chronicles of the Three Sisters" as "The Enchanted Forest", and "The Nymph of the Well" in _Magic Casements: A Second Fairy Book_ (1907).
40. **[^](#cite_ref-82)**"How the Princess of Solesia Fooled the King of the Underworld", an abridged version of the first of the "Legends of Rübezahl", was included in Arnold Shaw's _The Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told_ (1945).
41. **[^](#cite_ref-86)**Janet Ritch translated _The Elopement_ (1989) as a hand made book given to [Victoria University Library](/wiki/University_of_Victoria "University of Victoria"), handwritten by Lynda Hayes, with illustrations by Helen Elliott.[\[29\]](#cite_note-85)

## References

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20. **[^](#cite_ref-50)**[Seymour, Robert](/wiki/Robert_Seymour_(illustrator) "Robert Seymour (illustrator)"); [Cruikshank, Robert](/wiki/Isaac_Robert_Cruikshank "Isaac Robert Cruikshank"), eds. (1835). "The Elopement". [_Odd Volume; or, Book of Variety_](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44739/44739-h/44739-h.htm#link2H_4_0010).
21. **[^](#cite_ref-63)**[Dobell, Bertram](/wiki/Bertram_Dobell "Bertram Dobell") (1906). [_Catalogue of Books Printed for Private Circulation_](https://archive.org/details/catalogueofbooks00dobeuoft/page/n175). London: [Bertram Dobell](/wiki/Bertram_Dobell "Bertram Dobell"). p. 173.
22. **[^](#cite_ref-67)**_The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints_. Vol. 593. [Library of Congress](/wiki/Library_of_Congress "Library of Congress"). 1978\. p. 167. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [9780720107845](/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780720107845 "Special:BookSources/9780720107845").
23. **[^](#cite_ref-68)**[Alderson, Brian](/wiki/Brian_Alderson_(children%27s_book_critic) "Brian Alderson (children's book critic)") (1994). ["Some Notes on James Burns as a Publisher of Children's Books"](https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk-ac-man-scw:1m2348). _Bulletin of the John Rylands Library_. **76** (3): 115, 122. [doi](/wiki/Doi_(identifier) "Doi (identifier)"): [10.7227/BJRL.76.3.8](https://doi.org/10.7227%2FBJRL.76.3.8).
24. **[^](#cite_ref-69)**E., W. S. M. (1848). _Melechsala_. Ramsgate: W. Thiselton.
25. **[^](#cite_ref-70)**E., W. S. M. (1850). _The Stolen Veil; or, the Tale à la Montgolfier_. Ramsgate: W. Thiselton.
26. **[^](#cite_ref-71)**Bridgwater, Patrick (2004). [_De Quincey's Gothic Masquerade_](https://books.google.com/books?id=TxpREAAAQBAJ). [Brill](/wiki/Brill_Publishers "Brill Publishers"). p. 62. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [9789401202114](/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789401202114 "Special:BookSources/9789401202114").
27. **[^](#cite_ref-83)**Pabke, Marie; [Deane, Margery](/wiki/Margery_Deane "Margery Deane") (1877). _Wonder-World Stories: From the Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindoostanee, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Swedish, and Turkish_. New York: G. P. Putnam's. pp. 65–119.
28. **[^](#cite_ref-84)**[Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith](/wiki/Kate_Douglas_Wiggin "Kate Douglas Wiggin"); [Smith, Nora Archibald](/wiki/Nora_Archibald_Smith "Nora Archibald Smith") (1907). _Magic Casements: A Second Fairy Book_. New York: The McClure Company. pp. 60–86, 87–99.
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30. **[^](#cite_ref-87)**[Zipes, Jack](/wiki/Jack_Zipes "Jack Zipes") (1991). _Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture_. pp. 199–232.
31. **[^](#cite_ref-88)**Nesselrod, Piri Korngold (1999). _Rübezahl: The Adventurous Mountain Spirit_. Illustrated by Jani Buron. Vantage Press. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [9780533124909](/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780533124909 "Special:BookSources/9780533124909").

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**Folklore of [German-speaking countries](/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_German_is_an_official_language "List of countries and territories where German is an official language")**

Beings

- [Alberich](/wiki/Alberich "Alberich")
- [Alp (folklore)](/wiki/Alp_(folklore) "Alp (folklore)")
- [Askafroa](/wiki/Askafroa "Askafroa")
- [Aufhocker](/wiki/Aufhocker "Aufhocker")
- [Bahkauv](/wiki/Bahkauv "Bahkauv")
- [Beerwolf](/wiki/Beerwolf "Beerwolf")
- [Belsnickel](/wiki/Belsnickel "Belsnickel")
- [Bergmönch](/wiki/Bergm%C3%B6nch "Bergmönch")
- [Bieresel](/wiki/Bieresel "Bieresel")
- [Bogeyman](/wiki/Bogeyman "Bogeyman")
- [Buschgroßmutter](/wiki/Buschgro%C3%9Fmutter "Buschgroßmutter")
- [Changeling](/wiki/Changeling "Changeling")
- [Christkind](/wiki/Christkind "Christkind")
- [Companions of Saint Nicholas](/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas "Companions of Saint Nicholas")
- [Doppelgänger](/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger "Doppelgänger")
- [Drak (mythology)](/wiki/Drak_(mythology) "Drak (mythology)")
- [Drude](/wiki/Drude "Drude")
- [Dwarf (folklore)](/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore) "Dwarf (folklore)")
- [Easter Bunny](/wiki/Easter_Bunny "Easter Bunny")
- [Ekke Nekkepenn](/wiki/Ekke_Nekkepenn "Ekke Nekkepenn")
- [Elwetritsch](/wiki/Elwetritsch "Elwetritsch")
- [Erdhenne](/wiki/Erdhenne "Erdhenne")
- [Erlking](/wiki/Erlking "Erlking")
- [Ewiger Jäger](/wiki/Ewiger_J%C3%A4ger "Ewiger Jäger")
- [Fänggen](/wiki/F%C3%A4nggen "Fänggen")
- [Fasolt](/wiki/Fasolt "Fasolt")
- [Feuermann (ghost)](/wiki/Feuermann_(ghost) "Feuermann (ghost)")
- [Feldgeister](/wiki/Feldgeister "Feldgeister")
- [Frau Holle](/wiki/Frau_Holle "Frau Holle")
- [Gütel](/wiki/G%C3%BCtel "Gütel")
- [Heimchen](/wiki/Heimchen "Heimchen")
- [Heinzelmännchen](/wiki/Heinzelm%C3%A4nnchen "Heinzelmännchen")
- [Hemann](/wiki/Hemann "Hemann")
- [Hinzelmann](/wiki/Hinzelmann "Hinzelmann")
- [Hödekin](/wiki/H%C3%B6dekin "Hödekin")
- [Irrwurz](/wiki/Irrwurz "Irrwurz")
- [Jack o' the bowl](/wiki/Jack_o%27_the_bowl "Jack o' the bowl")
- [Klabautermann](/wiki/Klabautermann "Klabautermann")
- [Klagmuhme](/wiki/Klagmuhme "Klagmuhme")
- [King Goldemar](/wiki/King_Goldemar "King Goldemar")
- [King Laurin](/wiki/King_Laurin "King Laurin")
- [Knecht Ruprecht](/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht "Knecht Ruprecht")
- [Kobold](/wiki/Kobold "Kobold")
- [Krampus](/wiki/Krampus "Krampus")
- [Lindworm](/wiki/Lindworm "Lindworm")
- [Lorelei](/wiki/Lorelei "Lorelei")
- [Lutzelfrau](/wiki/Lutzelfrau "Lutzelfrau")
- [Mare (folklore)](/wiki/Mare_(folklore) "Mare (folklore)")
- [Mephistopheles](/wiki/Mephistopheles "Mephistopheles")
- [Moss people](/wiki/Moss_people "Moss people")
- [Nachtkrapp](/wiki/Nachtkrapp "Nachtkrapp")
- [Nachzehrer](/wiki/Nachzehrer "Nachzehrer")
- [Nis Puk](/wiki/Nis_Puk "Nis Puk")
- [Nixie (folklore)](/wiki/Nixie_(folklore) "Nixie (folklore)")
- [Ork (folklore)](/wiki/Ork_(folklore) "Ork (folklore)")
- [Perchta](/wiki/Perchta "Perchta")
- [Petermännchen](/wiki/Peterm%C3%A4nnchen "Petermännchen")
- [Poltergeist](/wiki/Poltergeist "Poltergeist")
- [Rasselbock](/wiki/Rasselbock "Rasselbock")
- [Rhinemaidens](/wiki/Rhinemaidens "Rhinemaidens")
- [Rübezahl](/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl "Rübezahl")
- [Santa Claus](/wiki/Santa_Claus "Santa Claus")
- [Schrat](/wiki/Schrat "Schrat")
- [Tatzelwurm](/wiki/Tatzelwurm "Tatzelwurm")
- [Türst](/wiki/T%C3%BCrst "Türst")
- [Uhaml](/wiki/Uhaml "Uhaml")
- [Weiße Frauen](/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Frauen "Weiße Frauen")
- [Wiedergänger](/wiki/Wiederg%C3%A4nger "Wiedergänger")
- [Wild Hunt](/wiki/Wild_Hunt "Wild Hunt")
- [Wild man](/wiki/Wild_man "Wild man")
- [Will-o'-the-wisp](/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp "Will-o'-the-wisp")
- [Witte Wiwer](/wiki/Witte_Wiwer "Witte Wiwer")
- [Wolpertinger](/wiki/Wolpertinger "Wolpertinger")

People

- [Albrecht Gessler](/wiki/Albrecht_Gessler "Albrecht Gessler")
- [Arnold von Winkelried](/wiki/Arnold_von_Winkelried "Arnold von Winkelried")
- [Attila](/wiki/Attila "Attila")
- [Baron Munchausen](/wiki/Baron_Munchausen "Baron Munchausen")
- [Brunhild](/wiki/Brunhild "Brunhild")
- [Christman Genipperteinga](/wiki/Christman_Genipperteinga "Christman Genipperteinga")
- [Dietrich von Bern](/wiki/Dietrich_von_Bern "Dietrich von Bern")
- [Eppelein von Gailingen](/wiki/Eppelein_von_Gailingen "Eppelein von Gailingen")
- [Faust](/wiki/Faust "Faust")
- [Frederick Barbarossa](/wiki/Frederick_Barbarossa "Frederick Barbarossa")
- [Friar Rush](/wiki/Friar_Rush "Friar Rush")
- [Genevieve of Brabant](/wiki/Genevieve_of_Brabant "Genevieve of Brabant")
- [Giselher of Burgundy](/wiki/Giselher_of_Burgundy "Giselher of Burgundy")
- [Götz von Berlichingen](/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_von_Berlichingen "Götz von Berlichingen")
- [Gunther](/wiki/Gunther "Gunther")
- [Gudrun](/wiki/Gudrun "Gudrun")
- [Gundomar I](/wiki/Gundomar_I "Gundomar I")
- [Hagen (legend)](/wiki/Hagen_(legend) "Hagen (legend)")
- [Hannikel](/wiki/Hannikel "Hannikel")
- [Hans von Sagan](/wiki/Hans_von_Sagan "Hans von Sagan")
- [Hans von Trotha](/wiki/Hans_von_Trotha "Hans von Trotha")
- [Heinrich von Winkelried](/wiki/Heinrich_von_Winkelried "Heinrich von Winkelried")
- [Hildebrand](/wiki/Hildebrand "Hildebrand")
- [Johann Peter Petri (Black Peter)](/wiki/Johann_Peter_Petri "Johann Peter Petri")
- [Klaus Störtebeker](/wiki/Klaus_St%C3%B6rtebeker "Klaus Störtebeker")
- [Knight of the Swan](/wiki/Knight_of_the_Swan "Knight of the Swan")
- [Konrad Baumgarten](/wiki/Konrad_Baumgarten "Konrad Baumgarten")
- [Kunigunde von Orlamünde](/wiki/Kunigunde_von_Orlam%C3%BCnde "Kunigunde von Orlamünde")
- [Lohengrin](/wiki/Lohengrin "Lohengrin")
- [Matthias Klostermayr](/wiki/Matthias_Klostermayr "Matthias Klostermayr")
- [Nibelung](/wiki/Nibelung "Nibelung")
- [Ortnit](/wiki/Ortnit "Ortnit")
- [Otto the Younger](/wiki/Otto_the_Younger "Otto the Younger")
- [Peter Klaus](/wiki/Peter_Klaus "Peter Klaus")
- [Peter Nikoll (Black Peter)](/wiki/Peter_Nikoll "Peter Nikoll")
- [Pied Piper of Hamelin](/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin "Pied Piper of Hamelin")
- [Princess Ilse](/wiki/Princess_Ilse "Princess Ilse")
- [Punker of Rohrbach](/wiki/Punker_of_Rohrbach "Punker of Rohrbach")
- [Rüdiger von Bechelaren](/wiki/R%C3%BCdiger_von_Bechelaren "Rüdiger von Bechelaren")
- [Schildbürger](/wiki/Schildb%C3%BCrger "Schildbürger")
- [Schinderhannes](/wiki/Schinderhannes "Schinderhannes")
- [Sigurd](/wiki/Sigurd "Sigurd")
- [Stauffacherin](/wiki/Stauffacherin "Stauffacherin")
- [Tannhäuser](/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user "Tannhäuser")
- [The Smith of Kochel](/wiki/The_Smith_of_Kochel "The Smith of Kochel")
- [Till Eulenspiegel](/wiki/Till_Eulenspiegel "Till Eulenspiegel")
- [Volker von Alzey](/wiki/Volker_von_Alzey "Volker von Alzey")
- [Walram of Thierstein](/wiki/Walram_of_Thierstein "Walram of Thierstein")
- [Walter of Aquitaine](/wiki/Walter_of_Aquitaine "Walter of Aquitaine")
- [Werner Stauffacher](/wiki/Werner_Stauffacher "Werner Stauffacher")
- [William Tell](/wiki/William_Tell "William Tell")
- [Witege](/wiki/Witege "Witege")
- [Wolfdietrich](/wiki/Wolfdietrich "Wolfdietrich")
- [Xaver Hohenleiter](/wiki/Xaver_Hohenleiter "Xaver Hohenleiter")

Legends and fairy tales

- [Grimms' Fairy Tales](/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales "Grimms' Fairy Tales")
- [Deutsche Sagen](/wiki/Deutsche_Sagen "Deutsche Sagen")
- Volksmärchen der Deutschen
- [Gespensterbuch](/wiki/Gespensterbuch "Gespensterbuch")
- [Nibelungenlied](/wiki/Nibelungenlied "Nibelungenlied")
- [Freischütz](/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz "Freischütz")
- [Hirschsprung (Black Forest)](/wiki/Hirschsprung_(Black_Forest) "Hirschsprung (Black Forest)")
- [Venusberg (mythology)](/wiki/Venusberg_(mythology) "Venusberg (mythology)")
- [Vineta](/wiki/Vineta "Vineta")
- [Walpurgis Night](/wiki/Walpurgis_Night "Walpurgis Night")

See also

- [German folklore](/wiki/German_folklore "German folklore")
- [Swiss folklore](/wiki/Swiss_folklore "Swiss folklore")

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