German Faeries/Tales

German Faeries/Tales

Germany has adopted
many Mysterious, Legends
and Myths for centuries with 
their fairy tales. One
of the most known of the 
German fairy tales, were the 
Grimm Tales.
 Inspired by linguists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm these 
collections of "Marchens".
translated as 'Fairy Tales,  also meaning
Fables or Legends from across the German
countryside were was published between 1812
& 1815. 
These Grimm Fairy Tales quickly spread worldwide, they have always 
delighted both child and adults alike for almost 2centuries...

The German Elves have influenced much of 
European folklore and German Literature. 
Below are some of the Examples of the influence that
the German folklore had...

Alvan's- Are nearly invisible. These German

fairies are without wings. They live by
the Elbe river which is sacred to these fairies.
They cherish the night time blooms

Dwarfs; These bearded and aged in appearance by the time 

they are 7-years of age. Are very kindly but self conscious and 
Shy because of their deformed appearance. They can be found in the mountain areas of Germany and in Scandinavian mining for precious metals. 

Elves/Elfin-Alben; These creatures are quite pretty in their

origin Germany folklore & are associated with wide and beautiful nature like thick forests /and clear crisp rivers... 





Merfolk; mermaids and mermen

.

Moss People; These are beautiful Fairies, with human like tiny

body's. And the most beautiful butterfly wings. They hide in moss and dark wood foliage.

Loreli; In German legend there is a similar creature to the Greek Siren who  lives on the rocks of the high banks of the

Rhine River and by

her singing these bird-sirens will lure the sailors for the sea to their deaths. 

Kobold; These tiny faeries are small goblin like fairy's

Spirits who can be both helpful and mischievous. 



Here are a few fairies for you all to enjoy....



































URBAN-LEGENDS-CREEP-CONTAMINATIONS-'THE POISON DRESS'

URBAN-LEGENDS~
CREEP-CONTAMINATION'S~





'THE POISON DRESS'

GOOD AFTERNOON MY DEAR FRIENDS & FOLLOWERS. FOR ANOTHER POST TODAY SINCE I AM ON A ROLL TODAY! I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING YOU ALL THROUGH 

A COUPLE OF URBAN LEGENDS!

THIS CREEP URBAN LEGEND IS ABOUT

'THE POISON DRESS'

THIS IS HOW THE TALE OF THE URBAN LEGEND GOES!

IT SEEMS THAT THE STORY WAS TOLD LAST THANKSGIVING BY

AN COUSIN WHO WORKED IN THE FINE WOMAN'S WEAR AT 

NEIMAN MARCUS IN BEVERLY HILLS. THE COUSIN SAID THAT SINCE 

NEIMAN MARCUS HAS A VERY LENIENT RETURN POLICY, MANY WEALTHY

WOMEN PUT $10,000 DRESSES ON THEIR CHARGE ACCOUNTS, WEAR 

THE EXPENSIVE DRESSES ONLY ONCE, HAVE THEM DRY CLEANED 

AND THEN RETURN THEM TO THE STORE FOR A FULL REFUND.

THIS IS WHEN THE TALE GETS INTERESTING! SOMEONE AT THE

STORE HAD TOLD THE COUSIN WHAT HAD HAPPENED ONE TIME BECAUSE

OF THIS PRACTICE IN THE FINE WOMEN'S WEAR AT NEIMAN MARCUS, 

BEFORE HE EVEN STARTED WORKING THERE! 

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED! ITS SEEMS THAT AFTER A WOMAN RETURNED

A VERY EXPENSIVE DESIGNER DRESS, ANOTHER WOMAN WOULD BUY 

THAT SAME DRESS. HOWEVER, LATER AFTER THE SECOND LADY HAD

BOUGHT THE EXPENSIVE DESIGNER DRESS, SHE HAD BREAK OUT IN A 

HORRIBLE RASH WHILE WEARING THE DRESS.

SO THE NEXT DAY, THE WOMAN WENT TO HER DERMATOLOGIST, TO SEE

WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER SKIN?

TO HER SURPRISE THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS

EXPOSED TO FORMALDEHYDE. SO AT THIS POINT SHE SUED

NEIMAN MARCUS FOR THE DOCTOR BILLS AND THE DRESS. PROBABLY BECAUSE

SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS EXPOSED TO 

FORMALDEHYDE BY JUST WEARING A DESIGNER DRESS. 

IN THIS CASE OF THE POISON DRESS THE LADY DID LIVE! 

HOWEVER, THE STORE DID TRACED THE DRESS BACK TO THE VERY FIRST

WOMAN WHO FINALLY ADMITTED WHAT HAPPENED.

THIS IS WHEN IT GETS CREEPY!

THE FIRST WOMAN WHO HAD THE DRESS SAID THAT, HER MOTHER

WANTED TO BE BURIED IN THAT SAME VERY EXPENSIVE DESIGNER DRESS 

FROM NEIMAN MARCUS IN HOLLYWOOD LA. 

HOWEVER, THE DAUGHTER DIDN'T WANT TO BURY SUCH AN 

EXPENSIVE DRESS, SO SHE GOT IT BACK FORM THE MORTICIAN AFTER 

THE FUNERAL SERVICE AND RETURNED IT TO THE STORE.

THEN THE SECOND LADY WHO HAD BOUGHT THAT SAME DRESS

THAT HER MOTHER WAS DRESSED IN AT THE FUNERAL HOME,

WAS THEN EXPOSED TO THE FORMALDEHYDE THAT SOAKED INTO THE 

FABRIC FROM THE CORPSE OF THE DEAD MOTHER.

~WELL THERE IS A TWIST TO THE TALE~ 

THIS IS AN TRUE STORY BUT NOT AS DRAMATIC AS YOU MIGHT THINK!

IT ENDS UP NOT BEING FROM THE DESIGNER NEIMAN MARCUS 

HOLLYWOOD EXPENSIVE DRESSES BUT, FROM WHAT THE COUSINS 

GIRLFRIENDS SAID WAS THAT HER GRANDMOTHER WOULDN'T LET

HER EVER! BUY DRESSES FROM THE THRIFT SHOPS BECAUSE OF A

WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY DID DIED! FROM FORMALDEHYDE POISON IN

THE FROM OF A SECOND-DRESS. 

THIS STORY HAPPENS TO BE 60 YEARS OLD.

I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS TO BE INTERESTING AND

FUN MY DEARS LOVE YOU ALL 

IF YOU LIKE MY DEARS FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE

TO FIND MORE FUN FOLKLORE FROM

YOUR WENDY

Classical folklorist Adrienne Mayor

 on Tradition Folklore

JAKOTSU BABA

Jakotsu Baba - The Old Snake Bone Woman

Good Moring my dears, I hope that you all are doing well. I have sunshine today so I have been spending a lot of time in my garden but I will keep in touch with you all my dear friends, followers, supporters and readers too. For today I am going to one of my favorite legends and urban legends of sorts in the land of Japan/China. I hope you will find it interesting my dears WENDY...
The Jakotsu Baba - is basically an legend of the 'Old Snake Bone Woman' in Japanese/Chinese  folklore. It is so ancient that one doesn't know which culture it originally comes from. So this is how the tale goes; If you happen to be wondering through the woods at night and stumble
upon something that looks like a carved stone stamped with the symbol of the snake -RUN!!!
It could be nothing... Or you could have stumbled across the hidden grave of the long-dead
Jako Emon, which means that you are seconds away from an encounter with his wife, the 'Old Snake Bone Woman' called Jakotsu Baba. So you all might be curious - What is the Jakotsu Baba?
Well, in Japanese/Chinese folklore the 'Old Snake-Bone Woman's kanji reads exactly that! 蛇-ja-snake + 骨-kotsu-bone + 婆-baba-old woman. It really depends on the region and the dialect that you happen to be in Japan too! So there are other names too! Known as Jagoba- the 'Five-Snake Woman: 蛇-ja-snake + 五-go-five + 婆-baba-old woman. I hope this will give you a little idea of the culture and the writings too.

Also the Jakotsu Baba would seem to origin in Toriyama Sekiens Konjaku Hyakki Shui- 今昔百鬼拾遺, which means in English - [Supplement to a Hundred Demons from the Present and Past]. As it is shown in the illustration to the left as an old woman with her body is wrapped in Snakes. It is said that 'Toriyama Sekiens Konjaku Hyakki Shui wrote:
 'There is an old woman from in northern Funkan-koku -China. In her right hand she holds a large blue snake and in her left hand a red one. The people of this country call her the Jakotsu Baba - The Old Snake-Bone Woman. They say she is the wife of Jakoemon [Five-Snake Emon] and that she holds vigil over the family tombs. She is sometimes called the Jagoba-the Five -Snake Woman-depending on the dialect of the region'
So now that you know a little about the Jakotsu Baba I thought we should go over her Origins.

As I found out about this legend of the Old Snake Bone Woman or Jakotsu Baba I found that little is known about her origins apart from what Toriyama had wrote in his Konjaku Hyakki Shui. It is not known if Konjaku had invented or created the character centuries ago - or if he collected the legend from somewhere or from someone. However, it would seem that Jakotsu Baba doesn't appear in any prior collections in either China or Japan. Kinda makes you wonder but China & Japan are very ancient country's with very long ancient past so one could never tell? There are a few other names that are mentioned by Toriyama - these are - [The Snake Family-云蛇塚- Sadly it would seem that the 'Old Snake-Bone Woman's Husband Jako Emon has never been found in any type of text of either Japanese or Chinese. Nor has either of their tombs been discovered. However, all of these peculiar and particular details give more flavor to this tale. It would seem that the area of Funkan-koku is a region particularly touch by the supernatural & renowned for its mediums and fortune tellers too. Also the Yokai Books from the Showa period expanded on the Jakotsu Baba and moved her mysterious grave to Japan. If your curious about the Showa period, it is said that Jako Emon once was a human, but when he died the sign of a snake was stamped onto his gravestone, hence he became wife of the 'Old Snake Bone Woman' called Jakotsu Baba. To stand eternity guarding over his grave and his wife transformed into a yokai with a blue snake slithering into her right hand and a red snake into her left. She world attack anyone who came too close to her husbands grave. It is said that the Jakotsu Baba doesn't appear often in Japanese folklore.

I hope that you found the tale interesting

love your all very much

your friend always

WENDY