Northern mythology

NORTH GERMAN TRADITIONS. 66
which he found the fire was a delusion. The fright^ however,
taught him a lesson, and from that time no one has
disturbed the Onnerbankissen in Fogedshoog.
THE SUBTERRANEAN POTTERS.
On the Morsumkliff in Silt are found a great quantity
of all kinds of smith's and potter's ware, in the shape of
pipes, boxes, balls, pots, etc. On Silt they call them
Onnererskpottjiig (subterranean crockery ware), on Amrum,
Traaldaasker (Troll-boxes), because they are made
by the Underground folk.
In Holstein it is believed that the corn found in the
urns from the old graves, thrives, when sown in the fields
and gardens, better than any other. Milk also becomes
richer and yields more butter when it has stood in such
pots. If the poultry drink out of them, they will not become
ill.
THE UNDERGROUND SMITH.
A man riding one morning past the Dreiberge, on the
road between Apenrade and Jordkirch, heard smiths there
at work, and cried out that he wished they would make
him a chafF-knife. In the evening, when he was returning,
he actually found lying on the hill a spick-span new
knife. He laid down as much money as was equivalent
to the usual cost of such a knife, and took it with him. It
proved to be of excellent temper and keenness ; but
wounds caused by it were incurable.
KETTLES BORROWED.
Close to Geltorf near Sleswig there is a hill called the
Hochberg, and hard by is another, the Brehochberg.
These were inhabited by underground people.
In former
times the country folks were on quite friendly terms with
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