Rübezahl Und Der Sackpfeifer Von Neiße
Rübezahl (, ; ) is a folkloric mountain spirit (Wild man, woodwose) of the Giant Mountains (, , hence his name in Czech and Polish), a mountain range along the border between Czechia and Poland. He is the subject of many legends and fairy tales in German folklore, German, Polish folklore, Polish, and Czech folklore. Name The origin of the name is not clear. One interpretation is from the story ''How Rübezahl Got his Name'' by Johann Karl August Musäus, which recounts how Rübezahl abducted a princess who liked turnips (, singular ''Rübe''). The princess gets very lonely there in the mountains. To keep her company, Rübezahl turns the turnips into her friends and acquaintances. As the turnips wilt after a little while, so do the persons that were created by Rübezahl's magic. The princess asks him to count (''zählen'') the turnips in the field. While he counted, she escaped. Following this explanation, some early English writers translated his name as "Number Nip" (that is, ...
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