Tagged “Johann August Apel”

Notes on The Boarwolf 15 October 2020
"The Boarwolf" is a great story, and also a bit of a puzzle. Everett Bleiler attributed this early tale of lycanthropy (and porcanthropy?) to Johann August Apel, in the Tales of Terror entry of his 1983 Guide to Supernatural Fiction (p. 441)....
Notes on Der Freischutz 30 September 2020
I thought this post would be straightforward, but then I dug too deep. "Der Freischutz" (aka "The Fatal Marksman") is yet again a deal-with-the-devil tale. It's based on the German folktale of a hunter who receives a handful of magic...