Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Ettelbrück Gnomes, Haard Hill Gnomes
Category: Gnome
The Myth
A man from Ettelbrück, known as old Walsdorf, was once plowing his field on the Haard hills. When he reached the end of one of the furrows, he found a piece of willow wood lying there with a small note attached. The note, it was said, came from the little gnomes, who asked him to make them a bread shovel.
When he reached the end of the field again, he found a tarte flambée lying there. He ate the gift and agreed to fulfill the gnomes’ request.
After finishing the bread shovel, he left it for them on Weiland’s Hill, as they had wished.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die dankbaren Wichtelcher. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_dankbar.html
Interpretive Lenses
Religious Readings
- Christian Ascetic Deep Dive
Philosophical Readings
- Nietzschean Deep Dive
Psychological Readings
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Esoteric Deep Dive
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Political / Social Readings
- Marxist Deep Dive
Other
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