English Translation

Wolfram von Eschenbach in the "Parzival" that Parzival said to his A boy — girl — that Father Gahmuret saw candles burning on the foliage of olive trees. However, whatever tree one took as a sign, his old faith, always reinterpreted naturally Christian, still lives meaning was always to be a symbol of life. The lights are in many Christmas dishes and biscuits, after all was already the symbol of the blossoms as well as of the deceased souls, because Julmahl with the festivity is a decisive part of the festival- the tree is also soul tree and proclaims to the living ascent. of the dead. If we keep in mind that the tree so spoons the Erzgebirgian fomilie at the conclusion of the sacred in the same way is the past's künder, but the eternally new dinner from a he bowl in milk softened semmels, and life blossoms after, then we realize that in the deepest sense with all the house-father drinks the rest of the milk alone, while his wife is meant to the tree-pictures nur die Lebensosche Ygdrasil. Before that, everyone ate up the "new kind of dish", which was made of green dumplings with sauerkraut, goose-kids, the people created a different custom in some places. Man and bratwurst, millet and horseradish and all kinds of ingredients, because they put up wooden frames, pyramids covered with flakes, which are prepared spices of special importance; also celery tell us very special. A boy — a girl — says: Germanic pastries, reinterpreted in a Christian way, are the ghost carriages, because one offered the beating and raising of the mold riders, the gockel rider, the three fate sisters from Christmas trees and the perchta., the people created themselves some- Among the fertility symbols of the Christmas season belong the Christmas place another custom. One is called at night stollen or also wakes, while the around auxiliary represented in fact with flutters hung late frequent pastries, the horses, also with riders sometimes, represented- wooden pyramids, which represents and is prepared from Speculatius or pepper cake dough, tell us much more special. Ponds reminds us of pre-Christian horse offerings. There is there the so-called so called. "Tunshers", also "Paradise gardens", "Jewelry- A boy — girl — speaks: apples" or also Christmas pyra - But the fire radiates this feast above all. Since the pre-consecration with a rotating wing at night, the fire of the Advent wreath and the Lucia wheel shines, which is driven by the radiating cranz as a candle, as a flickering sun-wend-fire and flame wheel, warmth of the candles when the torch swings from the church towers, from the "running lamp", by. Often the wing wheel with the "tunshers" and the fir tree and finally as a julklotz of a strong central axis, is this significant time. the one resting on a bearing and on several above each other When the Julklotz is set on fire and warm smoke runs through the platforms attached to the house figures, the battle between the times is completed. Still contains, which then brings luck through the surrounding the ashes, therefore the chimney sweep is considered to us as turns of the wing wheel begin a circle hike. Glücksverger and in Pomerania and in the Kurmark the „Aschen- modere" or „Neujahrsmodere" bypasses. In the Erzgebirge, where these pyramids can often be found in hand-carved work surprisingly artistically and richly, one also often builds the "spin" or "mountain spider", a hanging lamp with carved or turned mid-axle, which usually sends out beam wreaths of arms arranged on several floors. It used to be the custom for the Archgebirgler to begin carving such a candlestick when his first child was to come. For each boy a miner is then carved at birth and for each girl an angel. Father and mother also have their figures, but they are bigger and richer decorated than those of the children. Thus one can clearly see how many children are in a family, if one passes by the windows in which the. lampstands stand in the pre-Christmas period. 732 733