Some weeks of rustication in the Harz Mountains, and ascent of the mysterious Brocken, called also Blocksberg : a sketch / by Friedrich Schenk.

Date:
1880
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Credit: Some weeks of rustication in the Harz Mountains, and ascent of the mysterious Brocken, called also Blocksberg : a sketch / by Friedrich Schenk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    ktldis, who had refused his advances, and to escape him had taken Bodo's swift gigantic horse, and in her terror leapt her horse from the witches' dancing place to the opposite rock over the Bode river, where the impress of the tremendous horse-foot is yet seen at the Eosstrappe, which most likely Wodan used as a place for performing his sacrifices,—one of the loveliest spots of the Harz * Or the woods whisper to you the legend of the enchanting Princess Use, who may be seen occasionally to this very day in the woods near Ilsenburg, or in the sanctum of the seven Emperor's stones; or of the wonders of the Baumann's and the Biel's caves; or of his Majesty, the old man on the Brocken, who used to play ball with neighbouring giants, using huge pieces of rock for this purpose, which one may see strewn over the Brocken when ascending it; or breathe to you of devils, giants, and hobgoblins; of elves and nymphs, gnomes, cobolds, witches, and monsters ; of Faust, Mephisto, and the black dog, etc., etc. Eight different railways lead to the Harz, and so the stranger rusticating there can easily visit the many interesting towns which surround it, and which may be seen mostly from the Brocken. I think it will not be without interest to the reader to have laid before him at a glance these towns, with some of their remarkable features. There is the palace of Herzberg, a small town on the outskirts of the Harz, the residence of the Electors * Bodo attempted to leap the stream, but failed, fell into it, and perished. He was for his misdeeds transformed into a black dog, and condemned to watch to eternity the golden crown which Brunhildis had lost in her leap, and which fell into a pool of the river, the name of which is taken from Bodo.
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