Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: —
Category: Gnome
The Myth
On the hanging slopes known as the Hangels near Kontern, people once believed that small gnomes lived hidden away in underground grottoes. These little folk were never loud or boastful, but their presence was felt everywhere. Where they lived, the land prospered, work went smoothly, and good fortune seemed to settle like a quiet blessing.
The Hangel gnomes were known above all for their tireless industriousness. Night after night, unseen by human eyes, they labored beneath the earth, tending to their hidden dwellings and quietly influencing the world above. Fields grew better, households flourished, and misfortune kept its distance wherever the gnomes remained undisturbed.
Though no one could say exactly when they vanished, the stories insist that something was lost when they did. The Hangels became silent, and the easy flow of luck faded. Even so, the people of Kontern still remember that their hills were once home to diligent little beings who worked in secret and filled the land with prosperity simply by dwelling beneath it.
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Sources
SAGEN.at contributors. (n.d.). Wichtlein (Hangels). In SAGEN.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Hangels.html
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