Tutursel
Tutursel (other spellings Tutosel or Tut-Ursel ) is the name of a figure in European mythology .
It appears in sagas and legends, mainly from the Harz Mountains , about the so-called " wild hunt ", an army of spirits. Tutursel is said to have been a nun during her lifetime who has been accompanying the “wild hunt” since her death in the form of an owl together with a flock of ravens. According to legend, during her lifetime she disturbed the singing of the other nuns with her howling voice, whom she therefore also called "Tut-Ursel". After her death, she is said to have haunted the monastery and "tout" miserably in the morning when the sisters went to mass. After all, the tutursel is said to have been banned by an exorcist . He is said to have transformed the tutursel into a large eared owl and banished it to the Domburg in the Hakel. Since then, according to legend, she has been traveling through the air with the Wilder Jäger .
With the onomatopoeic name Tutursel - as with many other legendary figures - it is obvious that a popular but implausible naming legend was invented and handed down to explain it.
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- Peter Haining: Das Große Gespenster-Lexikon ECON Taschenbuch Verlag