Salige woman

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"The Salige Miss."

Salige women , also called Salkweiber, Salaweiber, wild or white women are figures of the legendary world mainly of the Alpine region.

The salty women are described as shy but helpful and wise women. They used to live in rock and glacier caves or on the banks of the Drava . They were shy creatures, but they stood by unexpected visitors with words and deeds. They helped poor farmers and inept people. But at night, when the moon was bright in the starry canopy, one should not meet the salty women. Unless you were loud and making noise, because they hated noise.

In South Tyrolean traditions, too , the saligen (blessed) fräulein or simply saligen occur. In one case she is described as blonde; in another case three of them first appear as white doves.

According to a legend , a young farmer was said not to have paid attention to making noise, and the Salk women took him as a prisoner of love. They kissed and caressed him until he lay soulless on the ground. One day the sound of guns came from the valley and the Salk women had not been seen since.

A legend from the Vinschgau reports that they brought buckwheat , which was still unknown there, in a very dry year .

literature

  • Hans Haid : Myths of the Alps: From Saligen, white women and holy mountains . Böhlauverlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-205-77541-6 .
  • Martin Mato: Epic and Mythology. In: Walter Raunig (Hrsg.): Albania Wealth and diversity of ancient culture . Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-9807561-2-2 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name), pp. 142–146.
  • Moidi Paregger, Claudio Risé: The Saligen. Power and mystery of the feminine ("Donne selvatiche"). Edition Raetia, Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-88-7283-351-3 .
  • Martin Auer , Linda Wolfsgruber : From the wild women. A book of legends . Provincial Library, 2000, ISBN 978-3-85252-382-8 .

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