These are the scariest legends of the Swiss mountains

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On the site of a picturesque mountain lake at almost 2,300 meters above sea level in Graubünden today once stood a moody shepherd’s hut. One day an old woman knocked on his door begging for a drink. After failing to drive him out, she finally gave him poisoned milk from her cow. The old woman cursed the shepherd as he died. At that moment, a storm blew, lightning flashed, and the hut sank into a newly formed lake, the Urdensee, with the shepherd and the cow.

Even today you can recognize the so-called trail and guess the shadow of the cottage at the bottom of the lake. It is said that the shepherd and his cow are still haunted.

Before the Gotthard Tunnel was built, the Schöllenen Gorge was one of the biggest natural obstacles in the route above the gorge. Overcoming the Gate and Reuss was not for long. The Uri people have repeatedly failed to build a solid and stable bridge.

Then Landammann in Landsgemeinde shouted in utter desperation, “Sell Tyfel e Brigg bue!” And there it was, the devil. His offer: He builds the bridge, in return gets the first soul to cross the bridge. The Uri people attacked, and the very next day a solid stone bridge covered the valley. Despite their cleverness, the Uri people sent a goat as the first creature to cross the bridge – the Uri people had defeated the demon.

Hailing from the canton of Uri, this legend revolves around the humanization of a straw doll. For fun, the alpine dairy farms of Wissenboden, who spent all their summers in the alpine without their mates, made a wicker doll that they even named for themselves. The baby came to life and from that moment accompanied the shepherds. The Sennentuntschi swallowed large quantities of food, and numerous attempts to get rid of it failed. Thus, the milkmen got used to the guests until they had to leave the alpine at the end of the summer. Then the Sennentuntschi demanded not to be left alone and promised to stay with the master milkers. Fool: He was finally killed and skinned by the Sennentuntschi.

One night, while walking on an old mule road in Gantertal, a Valais herder discovered a house in lower Schallberg where dance music was spreading. When he got home, he wanted to watch what was going on from a tree, but at that moment the music stopped and all the lights went out. But when he got back to the ground, the hustle began again. She ran away and wanted to wait at Chin Bridge for her dance party. Who is behind it? He had to wait a long time until singing people appeared in front of him. As soon as he wanted to join the dancing people, they hissed past him and disappeared into the depths of the river.

Everything is not going well at Zuger Alpli today. And that’s because of Ägerer, who once bartered the land on the northern slope of Rossberg to lend it to the wealthy people of Zug. The shrewdness of the Zughans, who preferred the beautiful Alpine over the money of the Agerans, prevented the timely payment of the debt. The beautiful piece of land above Lake Aegeri is still a large Zug excavation site of about one square kilometer. And at night, the spirits of the sneaky Zug councillors roam around, scaring the late marchers.

When storms and storms arise in the Napf region, you can hear the crackling and roaring from Enziloch. The lords of the valley, also called spirits exiled to Änziloch, atone for crimes committed during their lifetime. Among the ghosts are Lucerne officers from the Battle of Villmergen in the 17th century. They were responsible for the defeat against the Bernese and were destined to push heavy boulders from the bottom of the valley to the rugged mountain slopes when it rained. Huge stones slide out of their way again and again and fall back into the valley with a terrifying rumble. Only when the rain reaches Enziloch are the spirits allowed to rest until the next storm.

A terrible huge deer with long horns and fiery eyes is the main character of one of the oldest Valais tales. Rollibock lives in the eternal ice of the Great Aletsch Glacier and only leaves when someone angers him. This is what happens when nature and the animals living around its home are harmed. For example, in the aforementioned story about the hunter from Fieschertal, who once gathered crystals on the Märjelensee at the foot of the Aletsch Glacier and destroyed many of them with his greed. It was too much for the money when he killed a chamois and its wounded cub with a loud hunting instinct. He got the hunter.

The area around Säntis has long been considered the realm of mountain spirits. Beautiful in summer, this desolate place is rugged and harsh in winter. In the past, people were reluctant to work here in the Alps, and no one would dare enter the area if there were no dairy farms on site.

Here is the legend of the Säntis giant living in Alpstein. His bed was the mighty Schwendibachtal, and Meglisalp was his pillow. Where he supports himself with his elbows is Seealpsee today.

Then there is a legend about the origin of Blue Lake: It was created from an avalanche that swept away a rebellious milkman as punishment, leaving Blue Lake behind. But Alpstein’s spirits also have a deep sense of justice, and as the Altenalp legend tells, they took revenge on a dairy farmer for his helper mistreating the boy.

Source : Blick

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