The Drak or Drache (German for dragon) was a regional form of household spirit and well known through several regions of Eastern Germany and the Baltic area, including my home region of Thuringia. Of course, these dragons are a little different than the scaly reptiles that would often terrorise a village. Instead, they were spirits that could take on many forms.
Category: Folklore
The Power of the threshold Whether furtively concealed in hedges with warnings of thorn and crimson berry or submerged in the warming echoes of home
As nature initiates her ever flowing, cyclical process, we too are summoned forth once more to enter a new phase of life. One we look
There exists a legendary coin in German folklore, whispered of in darkened rooms after one too many ales. Should someone come into a sum of