Tales from the Swiss Mountains / Märchen aus den Schweizer Bergen

Folktales and Legends of Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland / Sagen des Kanton St. Gallen

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204. Giants / Riesen

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205. The Defeated Black Wizard, 1799 / Der besiegte Schwarzkünstler, 1799

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206. The Founding of the Abbey / Die Gründung des Klosters

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207. How the Warm Spring was Discovered / Wie die warme Quelle entdeckt wurde

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208. An Unfortunate Abbot / Ein unseliger Abt

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209. The Mysterious Merchant / Der geheimnisvolle Krämer

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210. The Wildmannli’s gratitude / Des “wilden Mannlis” Dankbarkeit

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212. The Advice of the Wildmannli / Der Rat des “wilden Mannli”

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211. How the Vättnerbergers learned how to cut wood / Die Vättnerberger lernen das Holzfällen

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213. How man learnt to skim milk / Wie man das Ziegern gelernt hat

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215. Cow Trampling / Kuhstapfen

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216. The Night Folk / Das Nachtvolk

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217. The Cowherd / Der Küher

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218. The Screaming Stream / Das Bachgschrei

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220. Seven Years / Sieben Jahre

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219 The Death Maiden / Das Totenwibli

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225. Snow Announced / Schnee verkündet

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226. The Invitation / Die Einladung

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246. Eternally Cursed / Ewig verflucht

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245. The Sardona Glacier / Der Sardonagletscher

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244. Redemption from the poisonous snakes / Die Erlösung von den Giftschlangen

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243. The redemption of a Witch by her Godson / Die Erlösung einer Hexe durch ihren Taufpaten

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242. The braids tied together / Die Zöpfe zusammengebunden

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241. Three Cows in Two Chains / Drei Kühe in zwei Ketten

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240. The Schrättlig / Der Schrättlig

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239. The Tethered Fox / Der angebundene Fuchs

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238. The Garmina Witches / Die Garmina-Hexen

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237. The Chamois Hunter and the Monk / Der Gemsjäger und der Klostermönch

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236. The Dance Floor on Alp Sardona / Der Tanzboden in der Alp Sardona

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235. The Shooter / Der Schütze

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234. The Hill Scream / Das Haldengeschrei

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233. The Unfaithful Herder / Der ungetreue Hirt.

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232. The Dragon / Der Drache

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231. The Tamina Spectre / Der Taminageist

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230. The Enraged Giant / Der erzürnte Riese

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229. St. Martin / Der heilige Martin

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228. The Perjury / Der Meineid

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227. Garlett

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224. The Blood Feud / Blutrache

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223. The Ravine Schlarpi of Ladils Alp / Der Stofel-Schlarpi in der Alp Ladils

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222. The Gold Tankard / Die Goldstitze

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221. The Mine on the Knapperkopf Mountain / Das Bergwerk auf dem Knappertopf

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214. The best is in the whey / Das Beste in dem Schotten

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