Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Gnomes of the Hangels, Kontern Gnomes
Category: Gnome
The Myth
In the land near the village of Kontern, on the slopes known as the Hangels, there were once small gnomes who lived beneath the earth in hidden grottoes.
They were quiet and unseen by most, dwelling in underground chambers carved into the hills. The people of Kontern believed these little beings were tireless workers, always busy in their hidden world beneath the soil. Wherever they lived, prosperity seemed to follow. Fields grew well, homes prospered, and the land felt blessed.
It was said that their presence brought good fortune and abundance to everything around them. Though they rarely revealed themselves, their work could be felt in the thriving land and the luck enjoyed by the people above.
Even after they were no longer seen, stories of the industrious gnomes of the Hangels continued to be told in Kontern, remembering the time when the hills themselves were said to shelter these small bringers of blessing.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die Wichtelcher auf der Hangels bei Kontern. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Wichtlein_Hangels.html
Interpretive Lenses
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