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Jürgen Hubert

juergen_hubert@tomes.tchncs.de

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I write English-language books about German folklore. I primarily read books about folklore & mythology, history, and tabletop role-playing games.

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UFOs (1999, Karl Müller Verlag) No rating

I haven't come across any evidence that would convince me that extraterrestrials (or ultraterrestrials, for that matter) have visited Earth in historic times, but there is a surprising overlap with #folklore .

Night hags/sleep paralysis demons are the most obvious example, but there are numerous other weird phenomena in old folk tales that would pass as " #UFO lore" nowadays. Fiery spheres or streaks in the sky, weird substances dropping down from up high, and so on and so forth. I might even write a book of folk tales about such "Fortean Phenomena" one day, if I find the time - I certainly have enough source material to work with!