Odenwald Spells to protect against witches and devils [name] here you lie
in God's power,
In God's power,
In Christ's blood, That you
the evil enemy
in body and soul no damage does.
against worms Peter and Jesus went out from
Ackere opposite field, and three worms and three fruits.
The first is white, the other
is black,
The third is red,
There are all worms dead
+ + + to see Amen
To the future bridegroom In Andreas night (30.11.) tells the curious girl in the following sentence to see their future in a dream:
Andrew, I pray
bed Why do I join, let me
appear tonight in my dreams
the most beloved, I mean.
I set him suffer hardship,
he should bring me water and bread, he will bring me
Weck and wine.
Should I be happy with him! Whether he
sea or land
he should shake hands with me.
How captures thieves and forces You take something that the thief has lost to three Spähne from the door, from which he fled, and ties her to a wheel The wheel is then rotated and the sooner turning, the faster running back, the thief. This they say,
thief, thief, thief, come back to, God the Father
binds you, God the Son
forcing you, God the Holy Spirit
wendt back up!
How captures thieves and forces - Version 2 is little harder this spell: You put bread, salt and lard in a lid on hot coals, and it conjures liver, lung and heart of the thief with the following sentence. This is done three days per nine times - but it does not help if the thief has escaped already overflowing waters.
I'll put [name] bread, salt, and lard on the fire,
of sin because of your arrogance.
I put you on Lung, liver and heart, that you arrive
great pain, that you arrive
such distress,
as if it were you the bitter death.
Until you bring back my property, I'll do the
[name] to repentance!
to broom flying through the air recite not wrong, otherwise it's like a slave / boy / husband, it's wrong was badly battered and / after many years / never came home ...)
Faohr Naus owe,
Faohr wid nowhere!
Haach hiwwe ned wid, wid
Haach driwwe net!
order to capture a rider (to make motionless) I charge you, Reider, in the omnipotence of God the Father,
I charge you, Reider, in the blood of Jesus Christ,
I charge you, Reider, Karft by the Holy Spirit!
I are caught and bound by the nodes of art *, just as the Jews caught our dear Lord Jesus Christ and led tied into the hall that you can no stir or move; I to you, Reider, in the name of God, the acclaimed Trinity, hot ride again!
(* nodes is a famous "wizard village in the Odenwald, from which the famous" Bitschenickel "is one of the most famous Odenwälder wizard, see also
here ) to defeat
To have a strong opponent NN , I do breathe on you,
three drops of blood I'll Thue entsaugen:
the first from your heart,
the other from your liver,
the third of your life force, so I'll take you
your strength and team.
To steal another in the butter churning and to bring themselves from each house en Läffel full, full
From Scholdese * house en Kässel!
(*= Mayor, and in similar sayings sometimes the village priest) to curse
To the witch, the one limited when churning Bodden, Bodden, up Rehren,
Ahlt Haex, wars got you!
(jokingly) Proverbs that speak the maids even when churning
Stamber, Stamber, Budd you!
There koa Gresser Haex than me.
Butterche, Butterche, klimber up, there is no
Gresser Hex as up.
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All sayings come from the following works:
(1) Joseph Schopp, "The Enchanted World magic Share circles in southern Hesse and northern Baden." Middle Hesse printing and publishing company, casting
1967 (2) Erika Pöschl, "Odenwald lore, Vol 1 and 2, Aki Poeschl Verlag, Ober-Ramstadt 1989/1998