Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Waaßerkätchen, Plätschkätchen
Category: River dweller
The Myth
Near Ettelbrück there is said to appear at night a strange water-being known as the Baachjöfferchen. It emerges from the mill pond called Millewo, dressed in white.
From there it wanders along the stream beside Feulener Straße, babbling softly as it moves. After following the water for a time, it turns to the right across a gentle slope and makes a wide arc through the land.
At last it returns to the very place where it first appeared and slips back into the water, its murmuring voice fading as it disappears beneath the surface.
Gallery
Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Das Baachjöfferchen. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Baachjoefferchen.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