1/ The most important work in German folklore research is "Deutsche Sagen" - the _other_ two-volume collection of German folk tales by the Brothers Grimm, which has been unfairly eclipsed by their fairy tale collection.

It's neither the first nor necessarily the "best" German folk tale collection, but its pioneering work laid out the path for hundreds to follow.

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https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Deutsche_Sagen

1/ The most important work in German folklore research is "Deutsche Sagen" - the _other_ two-volume collection of German folk tales by the Brothers Grimm, which has been unfairly eclipsed by their fairy tale collection.

It's neither the first nor necessarily the "best" German folk tale collection, but its pioneering work laid out the path for hundreds to follow.

#MythologyMonday
https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Deutsche_Sagen

1/ Since the theme of this #MythologyMonday is "Maps", I'd like to talk about the importance of maps for my research of German #folklore . A majority of German folk tales mention real world physical locations, but actually finding these locations can be tricky, since they are often obscure, have different spelling, or are no longer used in the modern day. Yet I still want to identify them so that my readers can actually visit these places if they want!

1/ Since the theme of this #MythologyMonday is "Maps", I'd like to talk about the importance of maps for my research of German #folklore . A majority of German folk tales mention real world physical locations, but actually finding these locations can be tricky, since they are often obscure, have different spelling, or are no longer used in the modern day. Yet I still want to identify them so that my readers can actually visit these places if they want!

Understanding that defending the burning city of Troy was futile, Aeneas fled with his aged father Anchises on his back. Anchises carried the penates (household gods), and Aeneas held his son Ascanius by the hand. His wife Creusa followed a few steps behind but was lost in the confusion of battle. The buildings of Troy seen here recall monuments in Rome, which was possibly an intentional detail to foreshadow Aeneas' fate.

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Also, re: mistletoe

Yesterday I learned that not everyone knows mistletoe is a tree parasite. Which is interesting to me as a storyteller. In Norse mythology, the god Baldr is killed with mistletoe (thanks Loki...). His mother, Frigg extracted an oath from everything under the sun to not harm her child. But she skipped mistletoe because she didn't consider it a separate plant.

Taxonomy saves lives, people. :D

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