Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Berdorf Gnomes, Krügheck Wichtelcher
Category: Gnome
The Myth
In the Krügheck area near Berdorf, little gnomes were once said to have lived among the old stonework there.
One day, a farmhand from Spelleschhaus was plowing a field near the Krügheck. As he turned his plow at the edge of the woods, he heard soft voices calling from inside the stones: “Mother, bake me a pancake too!”
Laughing, the farmhand called back, “Then bake me one too!” He urged his horses forward and continued his work.
When he returned to the same place, he saw a pancake lying neatly on a cloth spread upon the ground. He ate it with great appetite. When he passed the spot again later, the cloth had disappeared.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Wichtelmännchen bei Berdorf. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Berdorf.html
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