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Karl Paetow.
Rübezahl: Sagen und Legenden.

Published Husum: Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003 reprint (previously issued 1986).
ISBN 3880422990;
ISBN-13 9783880422995.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum.
Size: 122x199x11mm.
Page count: 126pp.
Main language: German.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners, but the spine is not creased from reading; previous owner’s gift inscription on the front endpaper, but the main text appears to be free of marking.


This item £2.50
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price €6.95]
Weight without packaging: 146g.

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Rübezahl is a giant or mountain spirit, similar to a wodwo or trickster, first mentioned in print in 1565, and derived from older pagan material. This book presents modern retellings of some of the stories.

Illustrations: 10, monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 7pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: half-page
Index: no


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