Fengg

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The Fengg is a legend in the Swiss Alps . Fengg is amiable and is not related to the catches of German and Austrian legends .

Fenggen are helpful, dear little creatures who help farmers and poor people in need. They bring stray cows back to the barn, help the herdsman with milking or repair dishes.

The Fengg is one of the few Swiss legendary figures who also appear in female form. The female Fengg is often a Hutzelweib or an old woman in rags who is kind and helpful.

A typical story from a Fengg is the episode in the saga The Lost Cows, told by Curt Englert-Faye. A farmer couldn't find his cows on the alp in autumn. A Hudelmannli told him that he should still go to the alp with his boy next year. In the spring after the climb to the Alps, Fenggen brought him back the cows:

“In May they drove to the Alp, he and the boy. Soon there was a knock on the door. As the alpine farmer jumped out, the lost cows stood in front of the hut and next to each a beautiful calf. They had derived two Fenggenmannli. One of them asked the alpine farmer what kind of wages he wanted. Nothing, he said, you can have them again in autumn. No, said the Fengg, we have enough cheese now. "

Together with the Tuntschi and the Toggeli , the Fengg is a legend of the Alpine regions.

literature

  • Curt Englert-Faye: Swiss fairy tales, sagas and Fenggen stories. Zbinden Verlag, Basel, 1984.
  • Alois Lütolf (Ed.): Sagas and customs and legends from the five towns of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug. Reprint of the edition Luzern 1862. Olms, Hildesheim et al. 1976, ISBN 3-487-05973-8 , ( Volkskundliche Quellen 4, Sage ).