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Jürgen Hubert

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  • Moss people - Wikipedia

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  • Slavic household gods

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  • Folk saint

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  • I suspect that there are quite a few of these in German folklore. I have collected more than a hundred German folk tales of saints and holy people over the last few years, but I haven't cross-referenced these with the list of canonical saints yet.

  • Paizo announces 13 Omens, a new horror RPG

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  • I do hope they use the ORC license for this, like they do for their other games.

  • What are your favorite 3 Adventure Paths?

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  • I hope "Iron Gods" gets updated for 2E at some point, now that Starfinder 2E has been released and is cross-compatible.

  • Give me ideas for Nothics!

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  • Thanks, these are excellent and very helpful!

  • Give me ideas for Nothics!

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  • A good fit, thanks!

  • D&D Next - 5e Discussion @ttrpg.network
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    Give me ideas for Nothics!

  • Pet Peeve with digital RPG purchases

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  • I mean, I realize that the margins in the TTRPG industry are razor-thin.

    Still, this doesn't sound like something that should require a lot of effort.

  • pathfinder @ttrpg.network
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    What are your favorite 3 Adventure Paths?

  • Pet Peeve with digital RPG purchases

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  • Yeah, but why should I be the one to do it, and not the company?

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    Pet Peeve with digital RPG purchases

  • Possible Insects of Shaggai infestation in 15h century Thuringia

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  • Occasionally, the Devil does show up as a fly in German folk tales.

  • Guest article on the Wild Hunt

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  • Thanks for this information!

    The way I see it, folk tales are basically a bundle of narrative tropes that can be switched out depending on the needs of the storyteller. So when the Wild Hunt narrative spread across Europe, people always tried to make it relevant to their local region. And in regions where there were still fragments of belief in Odin, it is not surprising that he appeared in one form or another - while in others, the Wild Hunt takes on rather stranger forms.

    Ultimately, their main commonality is the strange noises you can hear in the countryside at night.

  • [D&Desque fantasy] Where do the souls of dead children go?

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  • One possibility that might be interesting is if religions have some sort of ceremony that "marks" children for the afterlife of their religion, such as baptism for Christianity. Without this ceremony, the souls of children - or people in general - will develop into other types of spirits, instead of moving on to the afterlife.

  • Possible Insects of Shaggai infestation in 15h century Thuringia

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  • Call of Cthulhu @ttrpg.network
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    Possible Insects of Shaggai infestation in 15h century Thuringia

    wiki.sunkencastles.com /wiki/Strange_Swarms

  • [D&Desque fantasy] Where do the souls of dead children go?

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  • As the linked story shows, religious parents could be very distraught if they thought that their children would not end up in the same afterlife as they did.

    So what happens if the parents end up in different afterlives? It's certainly something to ponder.

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    Where do the souls of dead children go?

  • Guest article on the Wild Hunt

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  • There are a number of tales - Wild Hunt or otherwise - where there is an explicit mention of a "Wode". I don't think linking that to Wodan/Odin is too much of a stretch.

    Still, the connections to Hulda are far more numerous, which I find fascinating. I mean, in modern discussions you almost never hear of the Wild Hunt being led by a woman, yet I have encountered quite a few such tales.

  • Interactive Map of German Folk Tales

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  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Was ist die juristische Definition von "Social Media"?

  • Germany - Deutschland, but in English @feddit.org
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    Where I rant about what is wrong with Wolfram Weimer

    sunkencastles.com /2026/03/22/who-defines-culture/

  • The Pros and Cons of Fantasy Counterpart Cultures

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  • I 100% understand any culture I make up, definitionally.

    If true, that's very impressive indeed. Every custom, every belief, every fashion, every turn of speech? I study folklore - "culture" is a many-headed beast, and fractal.

    I doubt that even Professor Tolkien truly understood the cultures of Middle-Earth "100%".

    In many cases, the player characters are themselves unfamiliar with that culture, in which case any mystery, mistakes, miscommunications etc are valuable in-character roleplay. And when the PCs *would *be familiar with a relevant aspect of a given culture, you can simply tell them that detail, no need to loredump everything.

    I do believe that player should be able to gain a basic understanding of the cultures their characters come from. The question is how much information can they get, and process?

    As an example, consider Glorantha with its many intricate cultures. The players don't need to know everything about the setting - indeed, it is so complex that few people have even read the majority of the source material. However, it is essential that they understand what their home culture believes, and how members of that culture expect the characters to act.

  • rpg @ttrpg.network
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    The Pros and Cons of Fantasy Counterpart Cultures

  • pathfinder @ttrpg.network
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    What are your thoughts on Andoran?

    pathfinderwiki.com /wiki/Andoran

  • Interactive Map of German Folk Tales

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  • Oh, there are lots of tales missing. I estimate that there are more than one hundred thousand German folk tales that have been published in the 19th century alone, and there are a bare 755 of them on the wiki (as of this writing).

    While I try to translate as many as I can, I am just one guy who does this in my free time. So yeah, there will be gaps.

  • Folklore and paganism @mander.xyz
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    Interactive Map of German Folk Tales

    wiki.sunkencastles.com /wiki/Main_Page

  • [Book] Demons and Spirits of the Land

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  • I've read some other books by Claude Lecouteux, and I am looking forward to reading this one.

  • Systeme @rollenspiel.forum
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    Hexxen 1733 - Warum nur weibliche Hexen?

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    Mixing Fantastic Creatures from different Cultures

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    Fantasy Settlement Patterns

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    The Privilege of Sorcerers

  • RPGMemes @ttrpg.network
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    "I don't want Politics in my Gaming!"

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    Interesting premises for "Frontier Exploration" games?

  • Folklore and paganism @mander.xyz
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    A Repository of German Folk Tales

    wiki.sunkencastles.com /wiki/Main_Page