Legendary creature in Danish, Frisian and German mythology
Nis Puk in the "legendary forest" on SyltStatue of Nis Puk in Neukirchen/Nykirke
The Nis Puk[1] (sometimes also Niß Puk,[2] in Danish also Nis Pug(e)[3]) is a legendary creature, a kind of Kobold, from Danish-[1][4][5], Low German-[6] and North Frisian-speaking[7] areas of Northern Germany[6] and Southern Denmark,[8] among them Schleswig, today divided into the German Southern Schleswig and Danish Northern Schleswig. An earlier saying says Nissen does not want to go over the Eideren, i.e. not to Holstein to the South of Schleswig.[9] Depending on the place, it can either appear as a domestic spirit or take on the role of a being generally called Drak or Kobold in Danish and German mythology, an infernal spirit making its owner wealthy by bringing them stolen goods.
The term combines the terms Nisse and Puck. The Nis Puk or Niß Puk can also be referred to as just Niß, Nis or Puk. The figure of the Nisse is widespread in Denmark, Norway, Scania, Halland and Blekinge (here as Goanisse or Godnisse≈the good Nisse),[10] the figure of the Puk can further be found in the (formerly) German-speaking regions of Pomerania[11] and Neumark,[12] belonging partially or completely to Poland today.
^ abHelge Noe-Ygaard: Sydslesvigske Sagn, København 1958
^Karl Müllenhoff: Sagen, Märchen und Lieder der Herzogtümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. Berlin 2017, p. 425.
^e. g. Evald Tang Kristensen: Danske sagn, 1893, s. 101
^Nissehistorier ved Nis Pug, Grafisk Forlag København 1953
^Stine Meyer: Mens vi venter. p 48
^ abLeander Petzold: Kleines Lexikon der Dämonen und Elementargeister. Munich 1990, p. 144.
^Karl Müllenhoff: Sagen, Märchen und Lieder der Herzogtümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. Berlin 2017, p. 428.
^Karl Müllenhoff: Sagen, Märchen und Lieder der Herzogtümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. Berlin 2017, p. 433.
^Sønderjydske aarbøger 1982, Aabenraa 1982
^Axel Olrik and Hans Ellekilde: Nordens gudeverden, p. 294
^Siegfried Neumann: Sagen aus Pommern. Reinbek 1994, p. 209 f.
^Jungbauer: Kleid. In: Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli, Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer: Handwörterbuch des Deutschen Aberglaubens: Band 4 Hieb- und stichfest-knistern. Berlin/New York 2000, p. 1477.
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