A Maidservant is abducted by the Wild Army

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In Sommerhausen, two maidservants went to their bedroom chamber together. When one was already lying in her bed and the other one was undressed apart from her nightgown, the Raging Army passed over the village with loud hunting calls and the sound of horns. The one who was still up looked out of the window and listened to the beautiful music that the wild huntsmen were blowing on their horns. She liked it so much that she called out to the nightly hunting party: “If I was wearing my apron and my girdle, I’d be coming with you!” As soon as she spoke those words, two wild huntsmen appeared next to her. One tied her apron around her and the other one tied her girdle, after that they grabbed her left and right by the arms and flew away out of the window through the air. Nobody ever heard or saw the maidservant ever again.

Source: Wolf - Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde Erster Band, p. 18

caption Note: This story was published in the book Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles: Commentaries on German folklore. Get the book for further context and explanatory commentary!