#FolkloreMoment: Once, a "devout and noble-minded" young man regularly visited his girlfriend who was equally "devout and noble-minded". She welcomed him into her chamber during every night of the full noon.
Once, he found her weeping and asked her what was wrong and how he could help her.
"You can't help me. Go and fetch me a woman!"
So he went out at midnight, and encountered Percht, a female spirit of the mountain. She asked him where he was going.
"I go to fetch a woman who can help my beloved!"
"Well, then I won't harm you - which I would have done if you were doing something bad. But I want to ask for a favor. Won't you carve a wooden nail for my wagon?"
The young man agreed to do so, and Percht told him to keep all the wood shavings, for he would regret it if he left one behind.
And when he finally returned to his beloved, she was well and healthy and "a large bird had lowered a little boy through the chimney".
Oh, and he discovered that all the wood shavings had turned into gold and silver coins.
... I think this is what the TV Tropes Wiki calls "Getting Crap Past the Radar". It sounds like the two of them could have used some sex education, but at least it all turned out well for them in the end.
#Austria #folktale #folklore
https://archive.org/details/mythenundsagenau00krai/page/400/mode/2up?view=theater
Once, he found her weeping and asked her what was wrong and how he could help her.
"You can't help me. Go and fetch me a woman!"
So he went out at midnight, and encountered Percht, a female spirit of the mountain. She asked him where he was going.
"I go to fetch a woman who can help my beloved!"
"Well, then I won't harm you - which I would have done if you were doing something bad. But I want to ask for a favor. Won't you carve a wooden nail for my wagon?"
The young man agreed to do so, and Percht told him to keep all the wood shavings, for he would regret it if he left one behind.
And when he finally returned to his beloved, she was well and healthy and "a large bird had lowered a little boy through the chimney".
Oh, and he discovered that all the wood shavings had turned into gold and silver coins.
... I think this is what the TV Tropes Wiki calls "Getting Crap Past the Radar". It sounds like the two of them could have used some sex education, but at least it all turned out well for them in the end.
#Austria #folktale #folklore
https://archive.org/details/mythenundsagenau00krai/page/400/mode/2up?view=theater
