Tradition / Region: Luxembourg Mythology
Alternate Names: Diekirch Goblins, Plattfüßchen
Category: Dwarf
The Myth
In a ravine between Diekirch and Ingeldorf, it was said that the Knights Templar once gathered. Yet the people of the region spoke of them not as knights, but as small beings — goblins who lived underground.
In a nearby plain called Wallebroch, another group of these creatures assembled for their councils. They were known as the Plattfüßchen, a kind of goblin said to dwell beneath the earth.
Thus the land between Diekirch and Ingeldorf was believed to shelter hidden underground folk who met in secret places and lived unseen beneath the ground.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Zwerge bei Diekirch. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/luxemburg/Zwerge_Diekirch.html
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