Just discovering your channel and very much enjoying it. Being from Switzerland I like hearing about more local folklore than just "the Celtic" and "the Norse" traditions. The fluidity of roles and positions in the spirit world amazes me again and again. I found that looking up the history and etymology of rivers can be extremely useful when looking for local spirits which are not recorded as such. Idioms often hold clues too. We say for example: the "Heinzelmännli" were here, when we suddenly find our house in unexpected order or disorder. My family even has a "house spirit" which would be made responsible for things vanishing. We would sometimes ask very politely to get it back and soon after find it. I remember greeting it with it's name when I came home and now a days we have a cat by the same name (we didn't name him).
House spirits are present even in modern German culture. I remember watching Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl when I was younger, and I think tv series like that and the magic of Bibi Blocksberg were highly influential in the way my spirituality developed. "Hex hex!" 😊
Thank you! One side of my family is from late 1800’s Bavaria, so, it’s good to know what my ancestors beliefs may have been. Their fairytales, their holidays, and their venerations. I’m assuming by the time beliefs became synchronized, all the way to Ireland, all the stamina to *strictly* convert had fizzled out? So the Celtic and Norse culture were more or less compromised on. X)
I'm not quite sure what you mean. The Celts were converted before the Germanic people. And when it comes to the North Germanic tribes, they started to convert only about one century after the West Germanic ones. So I don't think that the level of Christian-pagan syncretism in each of these cultures is due to the stamina of the missionaries. I also think that this form of syncretism is present in many Germanic and Celtic countries, regardless of when they were converted
This video was fascinating! Do you have any recommendations of books, RUclips channels, etc. about German spirits (especially house spirits)? Will you potentially be doing more in depth videos on them in the future? I would love to learn more on this topic but not sure where to begin. 😅
A good place to start would be regional folklore. However, if you don't have a specific region in Germany that you're interested in, I'd recommend looking through Grimms fairytales
Just discovering your channel and very much enjoying it. Being from Switzerland I like hearing about more local folklore than just "the Celtic" and "the Norse" traditions. The fluidity of roles and positions in the spirit world amazes me again and again. I found that looking up the history and etymology of rivers can be extremely useful when looking for local spirits which are not recorded as such. Idioms often hold clues too. We say for example: the "Heinzelmännli" were here, when we suddenly find our house in unexpected order or disorder. My family even has a "house spirit" which would be made responsible for things vanishing. We would sometimes ask very politely to get it back and soon after find it. I remember greeting it with it's name when I came home and now a days we have a cat by the same name (we didn't name him).
Thank you for this informative and interesting video. ❤
House spirits are present even in modern German culture. I remember watching Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl when I was younger, and I think tv series like that and the magic of Bibi Blocksberg were highly influential in the way my spirituality developed. "Hex hex!" 😊
Just wanted to say thank you for the hard work you do, I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your content and posts. Have a great day!
Thank you so much!!! 😭
Thank you! One side of my family is from late 1800’s Bavaria, so, it’s good to know what my ancestors beliefs may have been. Their fairytales, their holidays, and their venerations. I’m assuming by the time beliefs became synchronized, all the way to Ireland, all the stamina to *strictly* convert had fizzled out? So the Celtic and Norse culture were more or less compromised on. X)
I'm not quite sure what you mean. The Celts were converted before the Germanic people. And when it comes to the North Germanic tribes, they started to convert only about one century after the West Germanic ones. So I don't think that the level of Christian-pagan syncretism in each of these cultures is due to the stamina of the missionaries. I also think that this form of syncretism is present in many Germanic and Celtic countries, regardless of when they were converted
This video was fascinating! Do you have any recommendations of books, RUclips channels, etc. about German spirits (especially house spirits)? Will you potentially be doing more in depth videos on them in the future? I would love to learn more on this topic but not sure where to begin. 😅
A good place to start would be regional folklore. However, if you don't have a specific region in Germany that you're interested in, I'd recommend looking through Grimms fairytales
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