Jürgen HubertOne of my hopes for my translation work is that #ttrpg creators will use it to have more diverse material for their representation of German folklore than just the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales collection.
Mer-fOKxTOwl@juergen_hubert oh, i am missing the "heinzelmännchen von köln" one on the map ^^ its more of a fairy tail in form of a poem.
@juergen_hubert but i love that idea ^^
Well, I can only add tales to the map at the speed at which I translate them, so gaps are inevitable.
But if someone wants to create a map with the German originals, I'd be happy to advise.
Tiota Sram@juergen_hubert this'd is fascinating. I'm mystified by one story however:
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Fledgling_Trude
What does the word "trude" mean? I can't find it easily in an online search except as a name, and my paper dictionary doesn't have it either (although it's American English, maybe the term is from another dialect I'm not familiar with?). I see in the link to the source it's the verb "truden" in German but I wasn't able to find that either (although I'm sure the online English/German dictionaries I was looking at are pretty limited. Seems from context it might be an archaic form of "masturbate", but then it's used as a noun as well as as a verb.
@tiotasram "Trude" is an alternate spelling of "Drude" - a "night hag" or sleep paralysis demon.
Tales of such entities existed all over Germany, but each region had its own name for these spirits.
