Klushund
The Klushund is a legendary figure stemming from the Voralberg region of Austria. According to the legend, the demonic animal figure has its origins in the Thirty Years' War, when a traitor betrayed the town of Bregenz to the Swedish army led by General Carl Gustaf Wrangel. As a reward Wrangel had supposedly promised the traitor the Golden Skittle, a valuable piece of treasure encountered throughout German and French legends, from the Castle of Hohenbegrenz. Instead, according to the legend, the traitor must now roam the former Roman road at the edge of the mountain from north to south throughout the land as a giant black dog, in order to pay for his heinous crime. The dog is often described as having glowing eyes the size of dinner plates, and those who encounter him will either have pain, misery, or suffering brought upon their lives.
Geography[edit]
Legends of the Klushund are widespread throughout the communities in the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley. His preferred contact areas are the area of Bregenz and especially the so-called Kluser Forest[1], a once sinister and therefore feared forest area between the communities of Götzis and Klaus. Since the advent of the legend, the Klushund has found its way into a multitude of literary works.
Web Links[edit]
- Der Klushund on sagen.at
Literature[edit]
- Erwin Bennat: Der Verräter im Schwedenkrieg aus der Sicht des Klushundes. In: Ders.: Gemeinde-Chronik Lochau. Hrsg. v. der Gemeinde Lochau zur 800-Jahr-Feier 1986. Lochau 1986. S. 204–208.
- Kulturkreis Hohenems (Hrsg.): Emser Sagen. Lustenau 1980.
- Richard Beitl: Im Sagenwald. Neue Sagen aus Vorarlberg. Feldkirch 1953.
- Franz Elsensohn: Götzner Sagen und Legenden. Eigenverlag. Götzis 2000.
- Franz Elsensohn: Ruggburg, Klushund, Felsowible. Sagen und Legenden aus dem Leiblachtal. Götzis 2005. ISBN 3-902249-89-7
- Franz Elsensohn: Vom Klushund – Vorarlbergs bekannteste Sage. Götzis 2013.
- Leander Petzoldt (Hrsg.): Sagen aus Vorarlberg. München 1994.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Der Klushund". SAGEN.at. Retrieved 19 February 2020. Unknown parameter
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