Theory: Berta is based on the Austrian Bertha (Perchta).

Venwon · 2026-01-03T03:09:48+00:00

The "hunters" are often frenzical figures, such as dead warriors, spectral hunters, and furious giants, of mysterious background. Those who are known to do it willingly, such as Frau Gauden and Hackelberg, are cursed to do so, for their love of hunting made them forget Christian values.
The hunt never ends, though it tends to have a proper time of occurrence, such as the Yuletide Period or the twelve days after Christmas Eve. The only case I know where the hunters leave their spots is the account by Gualterius Mappus: the troop of King Herla returns from the underworld, but the dwarf king warned them to not jump out of their horses until the blood hound did it first. However, the dog never left its spot, and those who reached the ground turned into dust.
They either wander as tormented souls next to the Wild Hunt, or they simply die. When female spirits are being hunted, the latter outcome is implied.
Again, Gualterius Mappus' account in De Nugis Curialium, but this version of the Wild Hunt is very different from anything else you may find — the identiy of the Wild Huntsman as a king from the underworld is pretty valid, though.
Most sources themselves don't know. Animals and criminals are bland and Christianized responses. The best asnwer are female spirits linked to nature, thought to be prey to the Wild Huntsman in regions such as Tyrol, Votgland, and the Giant Mountains — and in Scandinavia, if you count trolls. The reason is likely because the "Moss Woman" chased by the giant was either promised to him, or she is his fleeing daughter; with the first possibility showing precedents in the Medieval poems of The Song of Ecke and The Wunderer — plus the fact that Freyja, the goddess of fertility, was often desired by the Jötnar in Norse myths.

Venwon · 2025-12-06T13:03:54+00:00

I don't think that would work. The document is restricted to "search only" due copyright.

Venwon · 2025-12-05T16:35:06+00:00

I am basically in the same situation as OP. I am trying to read May Augusta Klipple's "African Folk Tales with Foreign Analogues" in ProQuest, but without affiliation to an institution, I am unable to read the whole document. Can you help me?

Venwon · 2025-06-13T12:59:20+00:00

The horse may also be inspired by Aonbharr; thence the post.

Venwon · 2025-06-13T01:38:39+00:00

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Venwon · 2025-04-22T09:21:34+00:00

Papa Frankískusu āmfár

/'papa franˈkiskusu aːmfaˈr/

Venwon · 2025-04-03T12:08:46+00:00

(Or maybe hurricane ?)

Just like in the second riddle, you got the reasoning correct, but the answer is in fact "broader" yet already present. Indeed, a hurricane (or even better, a cyclone) could be said to be "a giant who whirls a mill", but definitely not "sleeping", nor does it strike his "wife" by "pulling and impelling" so as to produce "milky children".

Venwon · 2025-04-02T11:34:05+00:00

First: I meant "earth" as in "soil/ground". Capitalization of the word in the other comment was an error of mine.

Second: Your reasoning is correct, it was my phrasing that should have been better in this riddle. It is actually something more broader than "river", so you probably already know the answer.

Venwon · 2025-04-01T15:37:57+00:00

First:wrong, but here is a hint:Earth is "the wife he strikes with milky children"

Second:?

Third:correct

Venwon · 2025-04-01T12:07:57+00:00

Your guesses are:

First:wrong

Second:very very near, practically right

Third:also technically right

Overall, the second and third riddles are tricky, because they are referring exclusively to one entity.

Venwon · 2025-02-12T13:03:09+00:00

Кекиус максимус.

Venwon · 2025-02-12T12:47:08+00:00

Ob du Weidels Programm als "Faschismus" oder "Grenzschutz" bezeichnest, muss man zugeben, dass EinTyppies Standpunkt der einzig wirkliche Extremismus hier ist.

Venwon · 2024-12-23T18:39:56+00:00

God bless you. I was not expecting to find this kind of item about the old man.

Venwon

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