Experience German folklore as never before!

With 155 original translations of German legends folklore tales drawing from more than two dozen sources, discover:

- Frau Gauden, the Eternal Huntress
- The sunken city built by Pontius Pilate
- Walriders and other pressure spirits - who attack you by sitting on you and wearing you down
- The tale of the smith who escaped Hell and stormed the very gates of Heaven
- Kobolds - the gold farmers of yore
- And, of course, sunken castles and evil poodles!

This volume also includes extensive commentary and footnotes on the historical and cultural context of these tales - as well as a travelogue listing the locations where these legends allegedly took place. Furthermore, all translations are published under a Creative Commons license - allowing anyone to use them in their own works without restrictions!

Most cultures have tales about the souls of the dead lingering on. The same was true of Germans of past centuries, who believed that ghosts haunted every corner of this world - from remote swamps and forests, to crumbling ruins and city alleys, to the houses of the living themselves.

This book presents a collection of 100 German folk tales featuring ghosts, each translated into English and given extensive translation notes and commentary to provide additional context.

Read on to discover:

- The many shapes of ghosts - from human, to animal, to protean horrors
- Existence as a ghost - what causes it, and how it can be escaped
- The use of ghost tales in propaganda
- Romancing the dead - knowingly or not
- Best practices in ectoplasmic waste disposal