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词条 Hinzelmann
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  1. Descriptions in mythology

  2. Pop culture

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{primary sources|date=December 2011}}Hinzelmann or Heinzelmann{{fact|date=August 2015}} (sometimes called Luring) was a kobold in the mythology of northern Germany. He was described as a household spirit of ambivalent nature, similar to Puck (Robin Goodfellow).[1] Like Puck, he would provide good luck and perform household tasks, but would become malicious if not appeased.[1]

Descriptions in mythology

Heinzelmann's myth says that he started haunting the castle Hudemühlen in 1584 after being cast from the forest of Bohemia.[1] At first he was shy, later he was conversing and jesting openly with all inhabitants of the house, including the master.[1] He sang verses, the most repeated one said that evil luck would take his place if he was ever chased out.[1]

Heinzelmann usually took the form of a congenial child in red velvet.[2] In one tale he showed his true form to a maid, who fainted; it was that of a small child, around four years of age, stabbed and slashed with two swords.[2]

Some local lore dating back generations puts the Heinzelman in the role of elves, leaving trinkets or candies in the shoes of well-behaved children, when said shoes are left by the door in the days leading up to Christmas.

Pop culture

Hinzelmann is an important character in the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman, in which he protects Lakeside, a fictional town in Wisconsin from economic trouble in return for the town's children as sacrifices. His fictional history describes him as being a god to a tribe of nomads living in the Black Forest before its invasion by the Romans.

See also

Heinzelmännchen

References

1. ^{{citation |title= The boys' own story-book, by the best authors |author= Boys (it's a pseudonym) |year= 1852 |pages= 88–90 |url= https://books.google.es/books?id=oLABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=Hinzelmann&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K3j0TuJBgciEB7vKrMkC&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Hinzelmann&f=false }}
2. ^{{citation |title= Ludwig Bechstein, Deutsches Sagenbuch, Leipzig |year= 1853 |url=http://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/deutschland/niedersachsen/div/hinzelmann.html}}

External links

  • {{cite book |title= The Fairies and the Christmas Child |chapter= Chapter IX: The Little White Feather." |author= Lilian Gask (1865-)|authorlink=Lilian Gask |edition= Willy Pogány (1882-1955) |location= London |publisher= Harrap & Co., n.d. |date= First published 1912 |pages= 175–196 |url= http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gask/child/child-IX.html# }}
  • {{citation |title= The fairy mythology, Volume 2 |author= Thomas Keightley |publisher= W. H. Ainsworth |year= 1828 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qfPxWy2hWnAC&pg=PA49&dq=Hinzelmann&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K3j0TuJBgciEB7vKrMkC&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Hinzelmann&f=false }}

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