Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Gösdorf Gnomes, Riedgeskeher Wichtelcher
Category: Gnome
The Myth
In the village of Riedgeskeher near Gösdorf, little gnomes once lived who were said to be about two feet tall.
For a long time, the food that people carried with them to their work disappeared without explanation. No one knew how or where it had gone. Later it was discovered that the gnomes were taking it.
The cloths used for sowing seeds were also said to vanish in the same mysterious way.
Thus the people believed that the little gnomes of Riedgeskeher were living among them, quietly taking what they needed.
Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Wichtelcher zu Gösdorf. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Goesdorf.html