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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Okay, this looks interesting. A #starfinder -based video game? Sign me up!

#pathfinder #paizo
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epictellers/starfinder-afterlight

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2h

A huntsman from Uckerath knew that a certain witch could transform into a hare, and sought to murder her while she was in animal form.

#germany #folktale #folklore #witch #witchcraft #hare
https://www.patreon.com/posts/witches-as-hares-92009715

German folk tale "The Hare-Witch of Uckerath". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

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Colman Reilly @colman.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Anyone know a good reference for what travellers' accommodations looked like across the centuries? #ttrpg #history

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen Projektleiter für den Standort #oldenburg ! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke.

Wenn ihr schon immer mal wissen wolltet, wie unsere Versorgungsnetze funktionieren, dann […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

The ghosts of the old Noricans fled into the depths of the mountains when they longer wanted to witness the shame of their descendants losing to the forces of Napoleon.

#austria #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghosts-within-50179425

German folk tale "The Ghosts of the Old Noricans". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

#writerscoffeeclub 7 Oct. Have you ever gone away somewhere special expressly to write?

Yes. During the hottest weeks of summer, when my rooftop apartment (which doesn't have air conditioning) gets too hot, I frequently go into the local botanical gardens […]

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Two e-ink tablets on an outdoor table in front of a building. A junglefowl rooster is sitting on a nearby chair.

Two e-ink tablets on an outdoor table in front of a building. A young male peacock is on the table as well.

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Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 15h

I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here?

I'll pay the bills. Period.

I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.

DM me.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

The Stubbenkammer chalk rock formation on Rügen holds many treasures - and many secrets.

#germany #folktale #folklore #treasure
https://www.patreon.com/posts/treasures-of-101374680

The Black Woman on the Königsstuhl:

There once lived a noblewoman on Rügen who had many treasures. She feared that those treasures might be stolen, and thus had them buried within the chalk rock of the Stubbenkammer. However, she had the diggers executed so that none of them could betray where the treasures could be found. For this reason, she still has to stand guard next to the treasures within the rock. Every year, on St. John’s Day, she emerges from the depths of the rock, and sits down on the top of the Königsstuhl cliff.[3] There she waits the entire day to see whether anyone would come who could retrieve the treasures and release her. It is unknown in which manner this could be accomplished.

(From the “Acten der Pomm. Gesellschaft für Geschichte”.)

Source: Temme, J. D. H. Die Volkssagen von Pommern und Rügen, 1840. p. 247f.

Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@danpmoore @ricci @troed @scottjenson

"I want to talk about how I am being harassed!", to pick just the most obvious example.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

RE: https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/115332193669869104

To expand on my earlier post, I have frequently read the notion around here that the #fediverse doesn't need to grow in order to be successful. I vehemently disagree.

Commercial social media either bends its knee to #fascism (e […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

On certain days of the year, lucky children might be able to capture free-roaming church bells.

#germany #folktale #folklore #bell
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Bell_of_Dambeck_in_R%C3%B6bel

The Bell of Dambeck in Röbel

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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@juergen_hubert A thing that often happen is the visibility of abusive posts us not set to "everyone".

So it's important to be aware that when there's an abusive reply, it might not be visible to you.

There are also some instances that take a very lax attitude towards moderation.

Now, if your […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

With the recent influx of newcomers from #bluesky , it behooves us to contemplate what we can do to improve #moderation on the #fediverse - something that has been a problem in the past, and is one of the major reasons why the Fediverse is not as big and as diverse as it could be.

The first and […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

What _is_ it with modern #pdf readers that they eventually refuse to display pages of PDFs after you have used them for some time, and then you have to close the PDF and reload it?

This isn't limited to #acrobatreader , either - I have seen the same thing with #sumatrapdf .

I've mostly seen […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The famous crowned "snake kings" of German folklore also come in giant-sized varieties.

#germany #folktale #folklore #snake
https://www.patreon.com/posts/giant-snakes-128676416

The Hahnunk

A simple stone cross stands on a steep path near Königswinter, in the direction of the Drachenfels mountain and surrounded by vineyards. It is said that, on certain nights, the Hahnunk sits on it, which is a gargantuan snake wearing a shiny golden crown. The gemstones of its crown allegedly radiate so much light that both the snake and the objects surrounding it can be seen clearly.

Source: Montanus and Waldbrühl, W. v. Die Vorzeit der Länder Cleve-Mark Jülich-Berg und Westphalen. Erster Band. 1870, p. 197.

Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Musicians often end up playing at some rather dodgy venues, but it's probably hard to top this story.

#germany #folktale #folklore #music
https://www.patreon.com/posts/witches-palaces-81885874

German folk tale "Musicians at the Witches’ Dance". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

2/ I have only read a small fraction of this vast body of lore and folk-lore. But I persevere - and as the years go by, I am gradually translating more and more tales from these works.

https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Collection

Collection

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

2/ I've visited the Harzs several times in recent years, and Pröhle's work was a faithful companion on these visits. Here are a few of the tales I have translated from the region - covering dwarves, ghosts, Pokémon, witches, ambulatory wall clocks, evil stags, cannibal bandits, and more! […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ The Harz Mountains are not particularly high by German standards, but they rise prominently from the northern plains and mark the transition to the German Middle Mountains. And they are prominent in German folklore too, thanks to their rich body of miners' legends and the infamous Brocken […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

2/ Here are some of his tales which I have translated. They range from mountain demons and miracle doctors, the "Blessed Maidens" that guard the chamois, to horrible spider monsters and altar bread used as a black magic cybernetic implant […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ The mountain landscapes of Tyrol hide a lot of folk tales, and there are a lot of collections showcasing them. My favorite among these is "Mythen und Sagen Tirols" by Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg. Not because it's the most scholarly or comprehensive, but because the author makes sure to […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Fighting a night hag is best done with teamwork.

#germany #folktale #folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ride-of-walrider-34265483

German folk tale "The Walrider Flees". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

2/ Strackerjan collects his tales by topic, which is always greatly appreciated by researchers like me. His accounts of "walriders" were especially fascinating - "night hag"-type spirits who come from England in order to "ride" German men and women at night.

Here are a few tales from his […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ An important work that I have come to appreciate is the two-volume "Aberglaube und Sagen aus dem Herzogthum Oldenburg" by Ludwig Strackerjan, since it covers the region where I live. It is one thing to read about folk tales in books, but another one to visit the places where they allegedly […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

3/ Publishing a new English-language translation of "Deutsche Sagen" is one of my long-term goals, although I feel I should get a few other publications out first before I tackle a work of this importance.

In the meantime, I have translated a few of the tales from this work already - you can […]

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