Tobel stool
According to tradition from the time of witch persecution, Tobelhocker , also Brenner , are the inhabitants of various families from Triesen , including Triesenberg , in Liechtenstein , who were symbolically ostracized by a probably unique reversal of the witch persecution motifs. This legend relates to the witch trials in Triesen .
Explanation
According to legend, the souls of the people who reported the alleged witches were banished deep into the Lawenatobel between Triesen and Balzers . This “curse” did not only apply to the perpetrators, but also to their descendants up to the ninth generation.
The "Tobelhocker" were banished to the Lawenatobel and had to sit on stones at a large stone table and sleep in a stone cave.
Web links
- Manfred Tschaikner: Tobel stool. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
- The Tobelhocker in Liechtenstein - aftermath of the witch trials up to the present day
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Tschaikner: From the Tobelhockern - a lecture on Tuass. In: Terra plana. Magazine for culture, history, tourism and business. 1/2005, pp. 13-18, online at historicum.net
- ↑ Historical folk tales from the 13th to 19th centuries , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1977