Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Dondelange Gnomes, Fäsch Gnomes, Family of Frau Holle
Category: Gnome
The Myth
In a place called Fäsch near Dondelange, there stands a high rock that contains a large cave. This cave was said to have once been the dwelling of a family of gnomes, whose mother was known as Frau Holle.
One day, a farmer named Michel Wagner was plowing a field not far from the rock. Around ten o’clock he stopped to rest and smoke his pipe. As he sat there, he heard voices coming from within the rock, calling out: “Bake me a Pflamb! Me too, a Pflamb! Me too, a Pflamb!”
Amused, the farmer called back jokingly, “Me too, a Pflamb!”
When he returned to his work and later in the afternoon prepared to leave, he found that a fine cake was hanging from his plow. It was said to be so delicious that even the best confectioner of the time could not have baked a better one.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Wichtelcher zu Dondelingen. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Dondelingen.html
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