Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Nuck Gnomes, Ettelbrück Nuck Wichtelcher
Category: Gnome
The Myth
On the Nuck near Ettelbrück, little gnomes were once said to live.
They kept horses of their own, and it was said that they nailed the horseshoes on backwards. Because of this, anyone who followed the tracks could never tell whether the gnomes had come or gone.
Thus their dwelling remained hidden, and no one could know when they moved in or when they left.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Wichtelcher auf der Nuck. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Nuck.html
Interpretive Lenses
Religious Readings
- Christian Ascetic Deep Dive
Philosophical Readings
- Nietzschean Deep Dive
Psychological Readings
- Jungian Deep Dive
Esoteric Deep Dive
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Political / Social Readings
- Marxist Deep Dive