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Erzbischof gibt uralte Urkunden an Kroatien zurück
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Salzburg: Lackner restituiert mittelalterliche Papsturkunden
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Aus dem Mittelalter - Erzbischof Lackner übergab Kroatien Papst-Urkunden
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Tue Jul 24 2001 at 5:26:09
A Germanic trickster and household spirit, inevitably chthonic in origin, who variously helps and punishes his human hosts. The name derives from the old German
Kobel (a stall for household animals, a sty) and
Holde (a poltergeist, malicious spirit, or elf). Rarely visible to men, they are said to be hideous, with pitted, gnarled faces, hairy tails and bald, bare feet, the look of the rocks and trees from which they sprang. Much like the
Lares of ancient Rome, they serve and protect their household; according to Jacob Grimm:
In certain places, every farmer, wife, son, and daughter has his personal kobold, who performs all sort of household tasks, carries water to the kitchen, chops wood, provides beer, cooks, cares for the horses in the stalls, cleans the stalls, and similar tasks. Where there is a Kobold, the animals will increase, and all things will fare well. Even today, there is a saying that a girl who finishes her work too quickely has a kobo