There are right-running and left-running Wolpertingers. Since they inhabit mountains, they would fall off the slopes if the legs on both sides were the same length. Right running ones run around the mountains clockwise (right legs shorter!), left running ones counter-clockwise. In this respect they are similar to the Hanghuhn (Slope Chicken)
Hi Mace, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your reaction videos about Germany. They’re truly special! What I love most is that you don’t just stick to the usual topics like landmarks, food, or general cultural differences. Instead, you take the time to explore more unique and lesser known aspects of German culture. For example, your video on the Journeyman Tradition Walzing and the one about the mythical Wolpertinger were such a breath of fresh air. It’s clear that you genuinely care about understanding the deeper and quirkier details of our culture, which really sets your content apart. Thank you for your curiosity and effort. It means a lot! Keep up the great work, I’m always excited to see what’s next.
I think, because he is Canadian, his reactions are quite different from the regular US American. He doesn't look upon a other country with the same subliminal arrogance, that is typical for most of the American Reaction Channels
German here. The recipe for Wolpertinger is simple: 2 or more bavarian hunters + nice table in an beergarden, pub or tavern + a lot of bavarian beer = stories about strange animals they have seen in the forests = Wolpertinger....
🦌 What the Wolpertinger is to Germany, the Raurachl (or Raurackel) is to Austria - a mythical creature from Alpine folklore. Most commonly reported in Upper Austria and Styria, this beast is primarily described as a hare or rabbit with small horns or antlers protruding from its head. Unlike its more elaborate Bavarian cousin, the Wolpertinger, the Raurachl maintains a simpler appearance, staying closer to the basic form of a horned hare. It is said to inhabit remote mountain forests and, like the Wolpertinger, has become part of traditional hunting tales and tavern lore in Austrian culture.
further north in the Harz mountains we have the "Rasselbock", basically the same origin and similar appearance, but without the avian features, just a predatory hare with antlers and fangs, and sometimes feline eyes.
As Canadian you should kow that all hunters in all them hunting camps come up with something to laugh the butt of ....... I coming to Canada since 1980 every year and be there as a immigrant since 1995 ....... We introduce the Canadians with German humor and of course the Wolperdinger ..... In exchange we learn "second week in deercamp " ... "The fiddleheads and Gaspereau " "The frozen logger " aaaaaaand Robert service "strange things are done under the midnight sun " 😂 I went "trick or tread" long time before with the kids of my Canadian friends ,- then any people make it populare in Germany ..... And still out there in any taxidermy shops in the country ... if you have there a Wolperdinger .... drive people bonker when it comes with the right story 😉😂 Keep going ... like your channel
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Its a prank from the time before the internet. And a way for taxodermists to make a few bucks extra, from stuff they didn't need. Normally only hunters would order a stuffed animal, and then mainly something exceptional, like a badger, or a fox, or a pretty bird. Nobody wants a stuffed rabbit really. Strangely enough, the Wolpertinger never had this monster image, so its kinda hard to use it for a horror movie. May be for a movie like Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, with the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, but not for serious horror.
The picture at 2:13 is actually a famous picture from Dürer, an artist from Nuremberg (Nürnberg). In this case, someone added the wings, antlers and teeth.
Hi Mace, thanks for reacting to this video. Well, in Canada vou have Ogopogo and also Sasquatch, in Southern Germany we have the Wolpertinger. And also in other countries and cultures there are mythical creatures and legends but why do we Humans need them except from kidding gullible tourists? I guess in ancient times they were explantions to natural phenomena people did not understand. Best regards from Munich, Gernòò
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In my region, the Palatinate, there is the Elwetritsch, a birdlike legendary creature. In Neustadt an der Weinstraße, which is said to be the “capital” of the Elwetritsches, there is an Elwetritsche-fountain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwetritsch
There are right-running and left-running Wolpertingers. Since they inhabit mountains, they would fall off the slopes if the legs on both sides were the same length. Right running ones run around the mountains clockwise (right legs shorter!), left running ones counter-clockwise. In this respect they are similar to the Hanghuhn (Slope Chicken)
This is really important when you have Wolpertinger at a restaurant. The right-running ones are really good whereas the left-running ones taste awful.
They must be related to the haggis who are running wild in Scotland -- also clockwise, or widdershins. Who knew?!? 😎
Having shorter legs on one side is also a thing with the North Friesian dike sheep ( Nordfriesisches Deich Schaaf) ☝️
Hi Mace,
I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your reaction videos about Germany. They’re truly special! What I love most is that you don’t just stick to the usual topics like landmarks, food, or general cultural differences. Instead, you take the time to explore more unique and lesser known aspects of German culture.
For example, your video on the Journeyman Tradition Walzing and the one about the mythical Wolpertinger were such a breath of fresh air. It’s clear that you genuinely care about understanding the deeper and quirkier details of our culture, which really sets your content apart.
Thank you for your curiosity and effort. It means a lot! Keep up the great work, I’m always excited to see what’s next.
I think, because he is Canadian, his reactions are quite different from the regular US American. He doesn't look upon a other country with the same subliminal arrogance, that is typical for most of the American Reaction Channels
German here. The recipe for Wolpertinger is simple: 2 or more bavarian hunters + nice table in an beergarden, pub or tavern + a lot of bavarian beer = stories about strange animals they have seen in the forests = Wolpertinger....
🦌 What the Wolpertinger is to Germany, the Raurachl (or Raurackel) is to Austria - a mythical creature from Alpine folklore. Most commonly reported in Upper Austria and Styria, this beast is primarily described as a hare or rabbit with small horns or antlers protruding from its head. Unlike its more elaborate Bavarian cousin, the Wolpertinger, the Raurachl maintains a simpler appearance, staying closer to the basic form of a horned hare. It is said to inhabit remote mountain forests and, like the Wolpertinger, has become part of traditional hunting tales and tavern lore in Austrian culture.
further north in the Harz mountains we have the "Rasselbock", basically the same origin and similar appearance, but without the avian features, just a predatory hare with antlers and fangs, and sometimes feline eyes.
As Canadian you should kow that all hunters in all them hunting camps come up with something to laugh the butt of .......
I coming to Canada since 1980 every year and be there as a immigrant since 1995 .......
We introduce the Canadians with German humor and of course the Wolperdinger .....
In exchange we learn "second week in deercamp " ... "The fiddleheads and Gaspereau "
"The frozen logger " aaaaaaand Robert service "strange things are done under the midnight sun " 😂
I went "trick or tread" long time before with the kids of my Canadian friends ,- then any people make it
populare in Germany .....
And still out there in any taxidermy shops in the country ... if you have there a Wolperdinger .... drive people bonker
when it comes with the right story 😉😂
Keep going ... like your channel
Moin/ Hallo, Mace! ...Quote from the multi-part TV series "Killing Eve": ..."You should never tell a psychopath they are a psychopath. It upsets them"!
Its a prank from the time before the internet. And a way for taxodermists to make a few bucks extra, from stuff they didn't need. Normally only hunters would order a stuffed animal, and then mainly something exceptional, like a badger, or a fox, or a pretty bird. Nobody wants a stuffed rabbit really.
Strangely enough, the Wolpertinger never had this monster image, so its kinda hard to use it for a horror movie. May be for a movie like Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, with the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, but not for serious horror.
The picture at 2:13 is actually a famous picture from Dürer, an artist from Nuremberg (Nürnberg). In this case, someone added the wings, antlers and teeth.
Hi Mace, thanks for reacting to this video. Well, in Canada vou have Ogopogo and also Sasquatch, in Southern Germany we have the Wolpertinger. And also in other countries and cultures there are mythical creatures and legends but why do we Humans need them except from kidding gullible tourists? I guess in ancient times they were explantions to natural phenomena people did not understand. Best regards from Munich, Gernòò
long time ago that i heard about the eierlegende Wollmilchsau
in other terms zebra is an asshole: ua-cam.com/video/wOmjnioNulo/v-deo.htmlsi=1zB1faOLKqBahHse&t=227
There is a song of Sturmpercht Der Wolpertinger (Neofolk Song) !
Wolpertingers are real!! I live in the south of Bavaria and they are all around! *true
of course and the tatzelwurm also
Bavarian ancestor of ManBearPig
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As far as i know, in Palatine the ,Elwetritrittsche' exist.
Once I saw a boat named 'Elwetrittsch' in the Flensburg Marina. Hope they never have to submitt a distress call.
It's nice to watch you looking at German folklore but I hate these AI texts that repeat something 5 times in a single video.
I noticed that 😭
In my region, the Palatinate, there is the Elwetritsch, a birdlike legendary creature.
In Neustadt an der Weinstraße, which is said to be the “capital” of the Elwetritsches, there is an Elwetritsche-fountain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwetritsch