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Folk Belief and Witch Lore
German folk belief and witch lore in older German studies and treatises: the spirits of the mines, the witches of the Brocken, translated from the German.
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A Curious Treatise on the Spirits that Appear in MinesA Curious Treatise on the Spirits that Appear in Mines: Johann Heinrich Rumpel's short Protestant treatise on the Bergmännlein, the mine-mannikins of German miners' lore, translated complete from the German translation printed at Dresden and Leipzig in 1702.The Legend of the Witches of the BrockenLudwig Wilhelm Schrader's 1839 study of the Walpurgis Night legend of the witches of the Brocken, which he traces to the pre-Christian worship of a black god, the Melybog, and of Frau Holle, translated complete from the German with its notes and the author's quotations.