#woiperdinger

[briefbestiary]

Now to catch a wolpertinger one must either salt its tail or perform the aptly named "sack, stick, spade" method.

The "sack, stick, spade" method consists of propping open a sack with a spade, lighting a candle inside as a lure, and finally removing the spade and trapping it after it has gone inside.

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19 - Wolpertinger

In German folklore, a Wolpertinger (also called Wolperdinger or Woiperdinger) is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant. They are part of a larger family of mythical horned mammals that exist throughout the Germanic regions of Europe.

Stuffed "Wolpertingers", composed of parts of actual stuffed animals, are often displayed in inns or sold to tourists as souvenirs in the animal's "native regions". The Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum in Munich, Germany features a permanent exhibit on the creature.

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Green spring: The wolpertinger

THE WOLPERTINGER

Category: Bavarian folklore

Remember when I made a post about the Dahut/Dahu, during my very recent Cold Winter series? Well meet his German cousin: the Wolpertinger! Also called the Wolperdinger, Woipertinger or Woiperdinger. Just like with the dahu, the wolpertinger is a completely fictional creature that was invented to mock people, as a sort of “running joke” that became part of the folklore.

There are actually traces of the Wolpertinger existing as a folkloric being, since Bavarian legends about the beast were recorded in the 16th century, but the actual “existence” of the wolpertinger started in the 19th century, when taxidermists began creating “stuffed wolpertingers”. Originally these fake animals were created as a nod to the local folktales, to be bought by Bavarian families as a weird little decoration or as a tool to help storytelling when the wolpertinger legend was told to children… But the “stuffed wolpertinger” fad grew unexpectedly fast, as people found a new use for these fake bodies: selling them to tourists and visitors of Bavaria… This was the start of the fame of the wolpertinger. Whenever people wanted to scam or mock foreigners, when someone was ignorant of everything about Bavaria or obviously gullible and naïve, a stuffed wolpertinger was presented to them, and the beast was described as a part of the local fauna everybody knew about – and the “victim” was incited to buy the stuffed body as a souvenir of their trip to Bavaria. This “good joke” lasted to this day, as you can still find dead wolpertingers for sale on markets or in souvenir shops across Bavaria.

The wolpertinger actually has several different names depending on the part of Bavaria you are in: Oibadrischi, Rammeschuksn, Raurackl… And equivalents of the wolpertinger also started appearing in other regions of Germany: rasselbock in the central regions, dilldapp in Hesse, elwetrisch in the western lands… To this proliferation of names corresponds a proliferation of appearances: for you see, the whole point of the taxidermized wolpertingers was originally to just put together various animal elements to create a fantasy beast fitting the elusive and mysterious tales of a strange creature. As a result, each taxidermist did a different wolpertinger, and the creature had no fixed or “canon” appearance. The only thing people could agree on was three facts: the wolpertinger is quite small in size, it has a chimeric appearance mixing elements taken from other species, and it is a carnivore. The most famous and widespread description of the wolpertinger presents it as a hare with antlers, wings and fangs – most illustrations of the beast go with this description. However there are many other depictions of the little critter: a horned and winged squirrel, a half-hare half-deer creature with a cockscomb, a chicken with antlers, a mix of a fox and a duck, or a cross between a marten and a pheasant… There are so many different descriptions of the wolpertingers that people started explaining that the race probably started out as the union of opposition species, creating bizarre hybrids, that then found mates among each other – and now each individual is unique, bearing traits of all its ancestors species, randomly organized on its body.

Beyond all this, the only two other facts the storyteller will always be certain of are the wolpertinger’s habitat (the forests and mountains of Bavaria), and its diet: meat… to be more precise human meat. Indeed, part of the joke if warning tourists and travelers that if they wander carelessly and alone in remote and wild areas… they might get attacked by wolpertingers. And the warning usually comes with tales of imprudent tourists who got devoured alive by these little, but ferocious, beasts…

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If you are American, the idea of a horned hare will probably bring to mind another name: jackalope, which could be considered another folkloric cousin of the beast.

The dahu in France, the wolpertinger in Germany, the jackalope in Northern America… Other names you might look into are the Swedish Skvader (a half-hare half-bird creature invented in the 20th by a taxidermist out of hunters tall tales), or into the “wild Haggis” (the critter of the Highlands whose flesh is the dish called “haggis”… or at least that’s what joking Scots might tell a particularly naïve tourist). And of course… who could forget the Australian “drop bears”?

[fufunha]

Inktober day 18, misfit In German folklore, a #wolpertinger (also called #wolperdinger or #woiperdinger) is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It has a body comprising various animal parts — generally wings, antlers, tails and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant. Stuffed "wolpertingers", composed of parts of actual stuffed animals, are often displayed in inns or sold to tourists as souvenirs in the animals' "native regions". The Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum in Munich, Germany features a permanent exhibit on the creature. It resembles other creatures from German folklore, such as the Rasselbock of the Thuringian Forest, or the Elwedritsche of the Palatinate region, which accounts describe as a chicken-like creature with antlers; additionally the American Jackalope as well as the Swedish Skvader somewhat resemble the wolpertinger. The Austrian counterpart of the wolpertinger is the raurakl. According to the folklore, Wolpertingers can be found in the forests of Bavaria. Variant regional spellings of the name include Wolperdinger, Woipertingers, and Volpertinger. They are part of a larger family of horned mammals that exist throughout the Germanic regions of Europe, such as the Austrian Raurackl, which is nearly identical to the German Wolpertinger.  #ink #inktober #watercolor #misfit #wolpertinger #jakalope #art #instaart #german #germanlegend #germanicmythology #magic #myth #mythologies #mythology #mythologicalcreatures #bestiary #bavaria #legend (at Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3wdSlHl0M2/?igshid=u730bpczkm24

[godmother-encanto-au]

Mythology References for latest chapter

Krasue

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Nuckelavee

A unique and solitary creature possessing extensive evil powers, it can influence events throughout the islands. The nuckelavee's breath was toxic, and could wither crops, cause a drought, and cause disease and plague in livestock and humans. He resembles a horse whose legs are part fin like a fish, and a single giant eye, which burns with a red flame. A human with a large head is merged along the back of the horse body like a strange centaur. The most gruesome detail of his appearance is the fact that he has no skin. Black blood courses through yellow veins, and the pale sinews and powerful muscles are visible as a pulsating mass.

Impundulu

The Lightning bird or impundulu is a vampiric bird from southern African myth. Frequently described as the hammerkop, the impundulu is a human-sized bird with black and white plumage. It has the ability to manifest itself as lightning. In some accounts it takes the form of a rooster, but in others it has peacock feathers, or even a red tail, beak, and legs. It has the ability to turn into a beautiful man to seduce others.

Jorōgumo

Jorōgumo is a yôkai with the form of a spider, that can change its appearance into that of a seductive woman when it wants to eat a human. Even when it is in its human form though, its reflection will show a giant spider. It can not be killed by any kind of poison.

(Qulin

Qilins often are represented as a dragon-like creature, most notably their heat, mane, scales, and tail. They are often shown with fire around their mane and hooves. Their horn resembles Chinese dragons, the most recognizable creature across the world. They also have carp-like whiskers on their head. They mostly resemble a unicorn-like creature with the exception of its dragon-like features.

(Could have used Sisu from Raya and the Last Dragon for this but no way in hell, Twelve Kingdoms is far superior)

Selkie

Selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or Selkie folk meaning "Seal Folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. While "selkies" is the proper term for such shapeshifters according to an Orcadian folklorist, treatises on Shetland refer to them merely as mermen or merwomen.

Wolpertinger

In German folklore, a wolpertinger (also called wolperdinger or woiperdinger) is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It has a body comprising various animal parts - generally wings, antlers, a tail, and fangs; all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a hare, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a bird.

[ningyooo]

In German folklore, a wolpertinger (also called wolperdinger or woiperdinger) is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

It has a body comprising various animal parts—generally wings, antlers, a tail, and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal.

-Wikipedia

I've been wanting to draw Henrik for a while, and after I gave Chase that new deer concept, I gave him this one. Still his father figure to mE-

[labete-du-gevaudan]

The Wolpertinger has a number of slightly different names that it goes by. It can also be referred to as the Wolperdinger, Woipertinger, Volpertinger, and Woiperdinger.

[playthatthing]

Boarische Wikipedia

Des is de Wikipedia in Boarischa Sproch (Austro-Bavarian language, Bairisch-Österreichische Sprache) und in de boarischn Dialekt in Bayern (Bayerisch), Östareich (Östareichisch), Südtirol usw.

De oarlengde Woimuichsau war a Sach, vo de a jeda Baur dramt. S' is aba eascht amoi a Fabewesn wia da Woiperdinger. Der Begriff hod heitzdog vor oim a Vabroadung in da moderna Technik und Wirtschaft. Ma moant damit Sachan, de bsundas vui kenna, oda vui Vortee in si vaeina. Oft weads nacha aba ironisch gmoant, wenn de Sachan doch ned so guad han, wia da Heasteja vaspricht. Ab und diam moant ma damit a Forderunga, de oafach ned erfüllt wern kenna. Wenn zum Beispui nach am Midorbata gsuacht wead, de wo a abgschlossns Studium und vui Beruafserfohrung ham soi, aba ned ejta ois 28 Joar sei deaf. Nacha is do woi jemand auf da Suach nach da oarlengde Woimuichsau.

[ravelite]

In German folklore, a wolpertinger (also called wolperdinger or woiperdinger) is an animal[1] said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Wolpertinger - Wikipedia

[mischief-n-malice]

Wulper-whatnow?

Now about the jackalope. Yes, poor Mischief gets called a “bunny” alot but most adults who are into fantasy, fae, lore of the southwest United States, etc. call her properly a “jackalope.” Most adults get it right at the faire given it’s leanings, and are quick to educate their kids too.

And we like to think we know our fae and fantasy lore pretty well. Call it a side hobby exploring celtic/pagan traditions, a fascination with Tolkein-style fantasy, etc.

But one of the ladies at a vendor booth gave us the case of the confusion. Seriously, this is no mean feat. She looked at Mischief trying to remember what creature she was and her first guess was something that sounded like “wulpertinger” but then she quickly corrected herself and said “jackalope.”

We walked away thinking, “wulpertinger, that’s a new one, we need to look that up!” Few days after the fair, we did and well...learn something new every day!

A “wolpertinger” (also wolperdinger or woiperdinger) looks like a jackalope with wings! And more specifically, it has fangs as well!

Of course, this may lead to one day Mischief shapeshifting into a wolpertinger instead of a jackalope (or for the trivia buffs, rasselbock).