Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Stoppelhof Gnomes, Wichtelhäusercher Gnomes
Category: Gnome
The Myth
Between Konsdorfermühle, Dosterter Hof, and Kalkesbach, about a thousand meters above Konsdorfermühle, lies a field known as the Wichtelhäusercher, the field of the gnome houses. It was said that the Wichtelcher once lived there, little men who did only good for people.
In this field, small underground dwellings could indeed be found, built of a kind of brick and hidden beneath the earth. The gnomes who lived there were known to help the farmers working nearby.
When a farmer plowed the field, the little folk would sometimes share their freshly baked bread with him. Without being seen, they would place a loaf at the end of the furrow, where the farmer would find it as he worked.
Today, the Wichtelcher have disappeared, and only the place name and the traces of their small dwellings remain.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Wichtelcher zu Stoppelhof. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Stoppelhof.html
Interpretive Lenses
Religious Readings
- Christian Ascetic Deep Dive
Philosophical Readings
- Nietzschean Deep Dive
Psychological Readings
- Jungian Deep Dive
Esoteric Deep Dive
- Hermetic Deep Dive
Political / Social Readings
- Marxist Deep Dive
Other
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