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Alpine and Tyrolean Folklore
Folk tales and local legends of the Tyrol and the German-speaking Alps, gathered and retold in English in the nineteenth century: dwarfs and giants, fairies, witches, mountain spirits, wandering souls, saints and sunken castles.
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Household Stories from the Land of Hofer — Rachel Harriette BuskRachel Harriette Busk’s 1871 English versions of Tirolese popular tales and legends, published anonymously in London: the Norg myths and the Rose-garden of King Lareyn, then stories of North and South Tirol, Wälsch-Tirol and Vorarlberg, with her notes on Tirolese belief, custom and dialect.Tales and Legends of the Tyrol — A. von GüntherEighty-three local legends of the Tyrol in English, collected and arranged by the Countess A. von Günther and published in London in 1874: giants, fairies, witches, dragons, mountain spirits, wandering souls, sunken castles and lakes, and King Laurin's rose garden, each tied to a named valley, farm, lake or castle.