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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Mythical creature</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dalla_Torre(1887)-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Dalla_Torre%281887%29-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg/220px-Dalla_Torre%281887%29-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="380" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Dalla_Torre%281887%29-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg/330px-Dalla_Torre%281887%29-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Dalla_Torre%281887%29-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg/440px-Dalla_Torre%281887%29-Drachensage-217-Bergstuz_oder_Stollwurm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1135" data-file-height="1959" /></a><figcaption>Bergstutz or Stollwurm</figcaption></figure> <p>In the folklore of the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alpine region</a> of south-central Europe, the <i><b>Tatzelwurm</b></i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈtatsl̩ˌvʊʁm]</a></span>), <i><b>Stollenwurm</b></i>, or <i><b>Stollwurm</b></i> is a lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two <a href="/wiki/Forelegs" class="mw-redirect" title="Forelegs">forelegs</a> and no hindlegs. </p><p>The creature is sometimes said to be venomous, or to attack with poisonous breath, and to make a high-pitched or hissing sound. </p><p>Anecdotes describing encounters with the creature or briefly described lore about them can be found in several areas of Europe, including the Austrian, <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavarian</a>, French, Italian and Swiss <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>. It has several other regional names, including <i><b>Bergstutz</b></i>, <i><b>Springwurm</b></i>, <i><b>Praatzelwurm</b></i>, and in French, <i><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">arassas</i></span></b></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Tatzelwurm</i> is not traditionally used in Switzerland,<sup id="cite_ref-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the creature is usually known by the Swiss as <i>Stollenwurm</i> or <i>Stollwurm</i> ("tunnel worm"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "dragon of the mine-tunnels"<sup id="cite_ref-lecouteux_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lecouteux-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in the <a href="/wiki/Bernese_Alps" title="Bernese Alps">Bernese Alps</a>. <i>Stollenwurm</i> may also be interpreted to mean a "serpent" with "short, thick feet".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Tatzelwurm</i> was the term localized in <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, Germany (with variants <i>Daazlwurm</i> and <i>Praazlwurm</i>) according to an early study.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But <i>Tatzelwurm</i> has later came into currency in Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Bergstutz</i>, <i>Birgstutz</i> or <i>Birgstuz'n</i> ("mountain-stump"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) was the local name used in places in Austria such as the state of <a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a>, parts of the <a href="/wiki/Tyrol" title="Tyrol">Tyrol</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Salzkammergut" title="Salzkammergut">Salzkammergut</a> region, and some parts of Bavaria (specifically <a href="/wiki/Berchtesgaden" title="Berchtesgaden">Berchtesgaden</a>), according to early studies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoblhoff1896144_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoblhoff1896144-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unger-schmeller_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unger-schmeller-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was simply <i>Stutzn</i> in the valleys of the <a href="/wiki/Traun_(river)" title="Traun (river)">Traun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alm_(river)" title="Alm (river)">Alm</a> rivers of Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the French Alps, "<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">arassas</i></span>" was the applied name of the legendary cat-headed lizard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tatzelwurm_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tatzelwurm_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Tatzelwurm_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tatzelwurm_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Tatzelwurm_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tatzelwurm_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Tatzelwurm_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Fountain in <a href="/wiki/Kobern-Gondorf" title="Kobern-Gondorf">Kobern-Gondorf</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the anecdotes, <i>Tatzelwurm</i> or <i>Stollenwurm</i> has been described as resembling a stubby lizard measuring anywhere from 1, 2, 3 to 5, 6 or 7 feet in length.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265–266_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265–266-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and purportedly either two- or four-legged, or even six-legged.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have been described as having a cat-like face, especially in Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Tatzelwurm</i> of Austria and Bavaria is described as having poison breath,<sup id="cite_ref-lecouteux_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lecouteux-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-steub_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steub-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> said even to be lethal.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Stollenwurm</i> also has been characterized as poisonous in Swiss lore.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-viii_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-viii-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pallmall_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pallmall-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Tatzelwurm also allegedly issues a shrieking sound,<sup id="cite_ref-lecouteux_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lecouteux-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whistles<sup id="cite_ref-steub_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steub-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or hisses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELey1948133,_138_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELey1948133,_138-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="17th_century_accounts">17th century accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 17th century accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus,_fig_X.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus%2C_fig_X.jpg/220px-Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus%2C_fig_X.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus%2C_fig_X.jpg/330px-Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus%2C_fig_X.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus%2C_fig_X.jpg/440px-Houghton_Swi_607.23_-_Ouresipho%C3%ADtes_helveticus%2C_fig_X.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1420" data-file-height="1562" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of the cat-faced "mountain dragon" of the Swiss Alps claimed to have been encountered in <a href="/wiki/Sarganserland" title="Sarganserland">Sarganserland</a>, c. 1660.<sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-x_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-x-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>An early description of dragon (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">draco</i>) sightings in Switzerland was given by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Jacob_Wagner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johann Jacob Wagner (page does not exist)">Johann Jacob Wagner</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jacob_Wagner" class="extiw" title="de:Johann Jacob Wagner">de</a>]</span> in 1680,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and replicated with <a href="/wiki/Intaglio_(printmaking)" title="Intaglio (printmaking)">copperplate</a> illustrations of the beasts by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer" title="Johann Jakob Scheuchzer">Johann Jakob Scheuchzer</a> in 1723.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even though Wagner had been the one to record the testimonies, the creatures were later dubbed "Scheuchzer's dragons",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were interpreted as <i>Stollenwurm</i> sightings by other commentators.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_anecdotes">The anecdotes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The anecdotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An anecdotal "cat-headed serpent" with a black-grey body and no legs <sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer1723-p378_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer1723-p378-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was said to have been encountered by Johann[es] (<a href="/wiki/Hans_(name)" title="Hans (name)">Hans</a>) and Thomas Tinner<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at a place locally known as "Hauwelen" on the mountain of <a href="/wiki/Sennwald" title="Sennwald">Frümsen</a> in the Barony of <a href="/wiki/Sax-Forstegg" title="Sax-Forstegg">Altsax</a>, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was alleged to measure 7 feet or more in length. Residents in the neighborhood were complaining that their cows' udders were being mysteriously sucked on but the incidents stopped after this creature was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer1723-p378_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer1723-p378-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGribble189979–80_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGribble189979–80-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A four-legged, cat-faced "mountain dragon"<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-x_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-x-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETschaikner201699–100_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETschaikner201699–100-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was described by one Andreas Roduner as something he encountered in 1660 on Mt. Wangersberg in <a href="/wiki/Sarganserland" title="Sarganserland">Sarganserland</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Landvogtei" class="mw-redirect" title="Landvogtei">Landvogtei</a></i> of Sargans), and when it reared up on its hind legs it became tall as a man, with boar-like <a href="/wiki/Bristle" title="Bristle">bristles</a> running down its back (pictured right).<sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-x_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-x-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A creature like a four-legged lizard with a crest on its head, to give a later naturalist's description, was allegedly seen by Johannes Bueler of <a href="/wiki/Sennwald" title="Sennwald">Sennwald</a> Parish.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887210_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887210-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A dragon with an enormous head and two forelimbs, was claimed to have been encountered by 70-year-old Johannes Egerter of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lienz,_St._Gallen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lienz, St. Gallen (page does not exist)">Lienz</a> on Mt. <a href="/wiki/Kamor" title="Kamor">Kamor</a>; when it exhaled its breath, the man said, he was overcome with headache and dizziness.<sup id="cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-viii_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-viii-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pallmall_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pallmall-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Later_analysis_and_reception">Later analysis and reception</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later analysis and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The naturalist <a href="/wiki/Karl_Wilhelm_von_Dalla_Torre" title="Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre">Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre</a> writing on the "history of dragons of the Alps" in 1887 explained that these creatures could all be identified as species of lizards or snakes (seemingly ignoring the cat-headed features).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887211–212_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887211–212-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dalla Torre considered these giant creatures of the past to have died out by his time, alongside the folk belief associated with them, but that the popular notion of the <i>Tatzelwurm</i> in his day lingered on as a "phantom" of those past legendary creatures.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Josef_von_Doblhoff-Dier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josef von Doblhoff-Dier (page does not exist)">Josef Freiherr von Doblhoff</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_von_Doblhoff-Dier" class="extiw" title="de:Josef von Doblhoff-Dier">de</a>]</span> counted these early dragons among his "<i>Tatzelwurm</i> of old and now", the title of his 1896 paper.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoblhoff1896143_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoblhoff1896143-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Wagner in the 17th century reported each Swiss monster sighted as a dragon, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Emanuel_Studer" title="Samuel Emanuel Studer">Studer</a> in the early 19th century stated that the Alpine Swiss locals were generally unfamiliar with the names <i>Drache</i> or <i>Lindwurm</i> and knew only of <i>Stollenwurm</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scheuchzer was frequently ridiculed for his credulity in the dragons, evident in the tone of his work,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but one scholar has discovered that in an earlier piece of writing, he had actually expressed skepticism in the material. The scholar comments that <a href="/wiki/Newtonianism" title="Newtonianism">Newtonian</a> scholars like him in this era had to maintain a posture of open-mindedness.<sup id="cite_ref-hansen_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hansen-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_18th_and_19th_century_accounts">Early 18th and 19th century accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early 18th and 19th century accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 1779 legend describes an encounter with the Tatzelwurm by farmer Hans Fuchs. According to the story, while in the mountains, he allegedly saw two of these creatures in front of him. Frightened for his life, he fled to his home and died of a heart attack from the experience. Supposedly before he died, he told his family of the encounter, describing the creature as 5 to 7 feet in length with a serpent-like body, two clawed front legs and a large feline-like head.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two Bernese, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Emanuel_Studer" title="Samuel Emanuel Studer">Samuel Studer</a> (1757–1834) and <a href="/wiki/Johann_Rudolf_Wyss" title="Johann Rudolf Wyss">Johann Rudolf Wyss</a>, (1783–1830) who contributed greatly to Swiss folklore in the early part of the 19th century also added to the knowledge of folklore of the <i>Stollenwurm</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although both authors give expression to the idea that the <i>Stollenwurm</i> (rather than Swiss dragons) have heads that look like cats,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this is not to say that actual examples of lore they collected from Alpine people speak of any cat-headed creatures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Samuel_Studer">Samuel Studer</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Samuel Studer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Stollenwurm</i> according to Studer is so called from <i>Stollen</i> meaning "short feet", and were believed to appear after humidly hot weather or when the weather is undergoing volatile change. The people considered them to be poisonous and harmful, and to resemble short, stubby serpents, with a round head similar to a cat's, and clawed feet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Studer represents perhaps the best source of knowledge on the <i>Stollenwurm</i> available.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940158_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940158-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His contribution to the lore occurred in a short article on insects and the Stollenwurm which appeared inserted in the travelogue of the <a href="/wiki/Franz_Niklaus_K%C3%B6nig" title="Franz Niklaus König">Franz Niklaus König</a>'s travelogue, published in 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940158_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940158-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Studer's treatise included eyewitness accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-studer-koenig_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studer-koenig-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940159_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940159-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1811, a <i>Stollenwurm</i> with a forked tongue, serpent-like but rather wide head, and two stubby feet was reported by a Schoolmaster Heinrich,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he claimed to have seen in <a href="/wiki/Guttannen" title="Guttannen">Guttannen</a>-tal, Canton Bern, Switzerland. He described it as measuring 1 <a href="/wiki/Klafter" title="Klafter">klafter</a> in length, with a body about the thickness of a man's leg.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814130–131_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814130–131-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887215–216_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887215–216-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years before, Hans Kehrli from Allmentli in <a href="/wiki/Trachselwald" title="Trachselwald">Trachselwald</a> claimed to have killed a quite small, hairy <i>Stollenwurm</i> carrying 10 young.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814131–132_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814131–132-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Studer offered a bounty of 3 to 4 <a href="/wiki/Louis_d%27or" title="Louis d'or">Louis d'or</a> to anyone who could supply him with the remains of an "authentic stollenwurm", indicating the degree of his conviction that the creature existed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814133_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814133-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-meurger-arv_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meurger-arv-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Johann_Rudolf_Wyss">Johann Rudolf Wyss</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Johann Rudolf Wyss"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The writer Johann Rudolf Wyss, explicitly stated that while the dragon was fabulous, the <i>Stollenwurm</i> was dubious. To the standard description of the <i>Stollenwurm</i> as a sort of snake with a cat's head and short feet, he added it was sometimes said to be hairy, and not just 2 or 4 but multiple limbs like a caterpillar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a423_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a423-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wyss records a fabulous description from a certain shepherd in <a href="/wiki/Gadmen" title="Gadmen">Gadmen</a> valley who said there were two types of <i>Stollenwurm</i>, white ones with a little crown, and the more common black ones.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a423–424_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a423–424-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wyss in the estimation of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_D%C3%BCbi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heinrich Dübi (page does not exist)">Heinrich Dübi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_D%C3%BCbi" class="extiw" title="de:Heinrich Dübi">de</a>]</span> was a less significant source than Studer regarding the folklore of the dragons or <i>Stollenwurm</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940160_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940160-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Something Wyss had done in his commentary is to bring up several pieces of Swiss folklore on snakes, suggesting connections. He conjectured that herdsmen of the Alps were "probably" talking about the <i>Stollenwurm</i> when they said they believed "serpents"<sup id="cite_ref-bridel_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bridel-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had the habit of sucking milk from pasturing cows, which could be warded against by placing a white <a href="/wiki/Rooster" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">rooster</a> near the cows.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a424_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a424-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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This is translated into German as "<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">förchterliche (schwarz-grüne) Schlange... der Kopf war einem Katzenkopfe nicht unähnlich; sie hatte aber gar keine Füsse</i></span>". The color, <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atro" class="extiw" title="wikt:atro">atro</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/griseum" class="extiw" title="wikt:griseum">griseum</a></i></span> is "black-grey", though the German rendering suggests black-green.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Where it says that Johannes killed the creature "with his brother Thomas Tinner (<i>fratre suo Thoma Tinnero</i>)"'s help, the German renders it as "brother (<i>durch Hülffe seines Bruders</i>)" only.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">i.e., <a href="/wiki/Herrschaft_(territory)" class="mw-redirect" title="Herrschaft (territory)">Herrshaft</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hohensax" class="mw-redirect" title="Hohensax">Hohensax</a><sup id="cite_ref-senti_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senti-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The quoted original text from Wagner, "<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">vulgo dictum.. Draconem Montanum.. quatuor instructus erat pedibus, auribus & facie felis fuit..</i>" indicates the four-legged, cat-eared, cat-faced creature was called colloquially in German by some name meaning "mountain dragon", which "Berg-Drache", but cannot be ascertained to be so, though the German translation of Scheucher gives "Berg-Drache.. Er hatt vier Füsse; das Gesicht un die Ohren waren wie an einer Katze".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From Dorf, in <a href="/wiki/Guttannen" title="Guttannen">Guttannen</a> valley.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wyss identified the source of this lore as <a href="/wiki/Doyen_Bridel" title="Doyen Bridel">Philippe Bridel</a>'s work,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a424_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyss1817a424-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was an epitome on <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Gessner" title="Conrad Gessner">Conrad Gessner</a>'s description of <a href="/wiki/Pilatus_(mountain)" title="Pilatus (mountain)">Mount Pilatus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bridel_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bridel-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDoblhoff1896">Doblhoff (1896)</a>, p. 142, note 3 apud <a href="#CITEREFKohlrusch1854">Kohlrusch (1854)</a> apud Rochholz (1855) <i>Aargauer Sagen</i>. <span class="languageicon">(in German)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/german-word-stollen.html">"What does Stollen mean in German?"</a>. <i>WordHippo</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=WordHippo&rft.atitle=What+does+Stollen+mean+in+German%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordhippo.com%2Fwhat-is%2Fthe-meaning-of%2Fgerman-word-stollen.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lecouteux-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lecouteux_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lecouteux_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lecouteux_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLecouteux2016" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Lecouteux" title="Claude Lecouteux">Lecouteux, Claude</a> (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vmAoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT344">"Tatzelwurm"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic</i>. Simon and Schuster. p. 344. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1620554814" title="Special:BookSources/978-1620554814"><bdi>978-1620554814</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Tatzelwurm&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Norse+and+Germanic+Folklore%2C+Mythology%2C+and+Magic&rft.pages=344&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1620554814&rft.aulast=Lecouteux&rft.aufirst=Claude&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvmAoDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT344&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span>, apud <a href="#CITEREFDoblhoff1896">Doblhoff (1896)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStuderKönig1814">Studer & König (1814)</a>, p. 128: "daher auch Stollenwurm heißen"; <a href="#CITEREFKohlrusch1854">Kohlrusch (1854)</a>, p. 147:""Stollenwürmer genannt werden".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This meaning of <i>Stollen</i> as "short feet" localized as the dialect of neighboring <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Aargau" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Aargau">Canton of Aargau</a> by some sources.<sup id="cite_ref-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doblhoff-apud-kohlrusch&rochholz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887214_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDalla_Torre1887">Dalla Torre (1887)</a>, p. 214.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLey1948">Ley (1948)</a>, p. 131 mentions a report issued by the Austrian Ministry of Forestry and Environmental Protection which stated that <i>Tatzelwurm</i> sightings could be explained as stray otters.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoblhoff1896144-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoblhoff1896144_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDoblhoff1896">Doblhoff (1896)</a>, p. 144.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-unger-schmeller-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-unger-schmeller_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnger1903" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Unger, Theodor (1903). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-HQVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA85">"Birgstutzen"</a>. <i>Steirischer Wortschatz als Ergänzung zu Schmellers Bayerischem Wörterbuch</i> (in German). Leuschner u. Lubensky's Universitäts-Buchhandlung. p. 85.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Birgstutzen&rft.btitle=Steirischer+Wortschatz+als+Erg%C3%A4nzung+zu+Schmellers+Bayerischem+W%C3%B6rterbuch&rft.pages=85&rft.pub=Leuschner+u.+Lubensky%27s+Universit%C3%A4ts-Buchhandlung&rft.date=1903&rft.aulast=Unger&rft.aufirst=Theodor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-HQVAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA85&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMeurgerGagnon1988">Meurger & Gagnon (1988)</a>, p. 265.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDoderer1959">Doderer (1959)</a>, p. 106; repr. <a href="#CITEREFDoderer1996">Doderer (1996)</a>, p. 28</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265–266-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeurgerGagnon1988265–266_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMeurgerGagnon1988">Meurger & Gagnon (1988)</a>, pp. 265–266.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDoblhoff1896">Doblhoff (1896)</a>, p. 143: "Die Zahl der Fusse wird mit 2, 4, oder 6 angegeben".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStuderKönig1814128_15-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStuderKönig1814">Studer & König (1814)</a>, p. 128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDoblhoff1896">Doblhoff (1896)</a>, p. 143: "Berichte aus der Schweiz.. überein, dass die "Stollenwürmer".. katzenartige köpfen haben".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-steub-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-steub_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-steub_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteub1862" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Steub, Ludwig (1862). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4LxcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA23"><i>Wanderungen im bayerischen Gebirge</i></a> (in German). Fleischmann. p. 23. <q>Hauch und Anpfiff giftig sind</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wanderungen+im+bayerischen+Gebirge&rft.pages=23&rft.pub=Fleischmann&rft.date=1862&rft.aulast=Steub&rft.aufirst=Ludwig&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4LxcAAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLey1948">Ley (1948)</a>, p. 132</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-viii-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-viii_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-viii_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1723">Scheuchzer (1723)</a>, pp. 391–392, fig. VIII. <a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1746">Scheuchzer (1746)</a>, pp. 233–234</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pallmall-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pallmall_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pallmall_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFanonymous1874" class="citation journal cs1">anonymous (1874). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=O7w_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA8">"Epidemical Credulity"</a>. <i>The Pall Mall Budget</i>. <b>11</b>: 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Pall+Mall+Budget&rft.atitle=Epidemical+Credulity&rft.volume=11&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1874&rft.au=anonymous&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DO7w_AQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELey1948133,_138-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELey1948133,_138_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLey1948">Ley (1948)</a>, pp. 133, 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scheuchzer-fig-x-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-x_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-x_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer-fig-x_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1723">Scheuchzer (1723)</a>, pp. 395–396, fig. X. <a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1746">Scheuchzer (1746)</a>, pp. 236–237</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWagner1680" class="citation book cs1">Wagner (1680). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BwxnUUT91G0C&pg=PA247"><i>Historia naturalis</i></a>. Tiguri: Lindinner. pp. 247ff.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historia+naturalis&rft.place=Tiguri&rft.pages=247ff&rft.pub=Lindinner&rft.date=1680&rft.au=Wagner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBwxnUUT91G0C%26pg%3DPA247&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDübi1940">Dübi (1940)</a>, p. 155.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hansen-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hansen_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hansen_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHansen2013" class="citation book cs1">Hansen, Peter H. (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mZU3CUZJN9sC&pg=PA42"><i>The Summits of Modern Man</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 42. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780674074521" title="Special:BookSources/9780674074521"><bdi>9780674074521</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Summits+of+Modern+Man&rft.pages=42&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780674074521&rft.aulast=Hansen&rft.aufirst=Peter+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DmZU3CUZJN9sC%26pg%3DPA42&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Scheuchzer hired a painter to paint the dragons, from which the copperplates were made.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDübi1940155-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hansen_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hansen-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScheuchzer1723" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer" title="Johann Jakob Scheuchzer">Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob</a> (1723). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eYVYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA378E"><i>Ouresiphoitēs Helveticus, sive Itinera per helvetiae</i></a>. Vol. III. Leiden: Petri vander Aa. pp. <span class="nowrap">378–</span>397.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ouresiphoit%C4%93s+Helveticus%2C+sive+Itinera+per+helvetiae&rft.place=Leiden&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E378-%3C%2Fspan%3E397&rft.pub=Petri+vander+Aa&rft.date=1723&rft.aulast=Scheuchzer&rft.aufirst=Johann+Jakob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeYVYAAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA378E&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMüller197323–26_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMüller1973">Müller (1973)</a>, pp. 23–26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDoblhoff1896">Doblhoff (1896)</a>, p. 143 and others.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scheuchzer1723-p378-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer1723-p378_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scheuchzer1723-p378_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1723">Scheuchzer (1723)</a>, pp. 378–379, fig. I. <a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1746">Scheuchzer (1746)</a>, p. 222</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-senti-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-senti_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSenti2001" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Senti, Alois (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8NfWAAAAMAAJ&q=roduner"><i>Erfragte Vergangenheit: das Sarganserland in den Sagen und Anekdoten</i></a> (in German). Staatsarchiv St. Gallen. p. 359. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783908048381" title="Special:BookSources/9783908048381"><bdi>9783908048381</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Erfragte+Vergangenheit%3A+das+Sarganserland+in+den+Sagen+und+Anekdoten&rft.pages=359&rft.pub=Staatsarchiv+St.+Gallen&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9783908048381&rft.aulast=Senti&rft.aufirst=Alois&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8NfWAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Droduner&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGribble189979–80-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGribble189979–80_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGribble1899">Gribble (1899)</a>, p. 79–80.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETschaikner201699–100-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETschaikner201699–100_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTschaikner2016">Tschaikner (2016)</a>, pp. 99–100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887210-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887210_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDalla_Torre1887">Dalla Torre (1887)</a>, p. 210.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1723">Scheuchzer (1723)</a>, pp. 379–380, fig. II. <a href="#CITEREFScheuchzer1746">Scheuchzer (1746)</a>, p. 222</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887211–212-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalla_Torre1887211–212_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDalla_Torre1887">Dalla Torre (1887)</a>, pp. 211–212.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDalla_Torre1887">Dalla Torre (1887)</a>, p. 213: "Heute sind sie nun wohl verschwunden, diese Riesenthiere aus der Natur, wie aus dem Volksglauben – doch nicht, ohne zugleich ein anderes Phantom zu hinterlassen. 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König. pp. <span class="nowrap">120–</span>139.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ueber+die+Insekten+dieser+Gegend+und+etwas+vom+Stollenwurm+%28Cannell%C3%A9e%29&rft.btitle=Reise+in+die+Alpen&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E120-%3C%2Fspan%3E139&rft.pub=F.+N.+K%C3%B6nig&rft.date=1814&rft.aulast=Studer&rft.aufirst=Samuel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVo49AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA128&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTschaikner2016" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-interwiki-linked-name"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Tschaikner" class="extiw" title="de:Manfred Tschaikner">Tschaikner, Manfred</a> <span class="cs1-format">[in German]</span> (2016), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/19533578">"Drachen statt Hexen in der Freiherrschaft Sax-Forstegg"</a></span>, <i>Werdeberger Jahrbuch</i>, <b>29</b>: <span class="nowrap">98–</span>105</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Werdeberger+Jahrbuch&rft.atitle=Drachen+statt+Hexen+in+der+Freiherrschaft+Sax-Forstegg&rft.volume=29&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E98-%3C%2Fspan%3E105&rft.date=2016&rft.aulast=Tschaikner&rft.aufirst=Manfred&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F19533578&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWyss1817a" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Rudolf_Wyss" title="Johann Rudolf Wyss">Wyss, Johann Rudolf</a> (1817a). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uApUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA422"><i>Reise in das Berner Oberland</i></a>. Vol. 2. J.J. Burgdorfer. pp. <span class="nowrap">422–</span>424.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Reise+in+das+Berner+Oberland&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E422-%3C%2Fspan%3E424&rft.pub=J.J.+Burgdorfer&rft.date=1817&rft.aulast=Wyss&rft.aufirst=Johann+Rudolf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuApUAAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA422&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWyss1817b" class="citation book cs1">—— (1817b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AuZAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19"><i>Voyage dans l'Oberland bernois</i></a>. Vol. 2. J.J. Bourgdorfer. pp. <span class="nowrap">19–</span>21.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Voyage+dans+l%27Oberland+bernois&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E19-%3C%2Fspan%3E21&rft.pub=J.J.+Bourgdorfer&rft.date=1817&rft.aulast=Wyss&rft.aufirst=Johann+Rudolf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAuZAAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span> (French tr.)</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatzelwurm&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchmeller1836" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Schmeller, Johann Andreas (1836). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VRNRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA674">"Der Stutzen (d)"</a>. <i>Bayerisches Wörterbuch: Sammlung von Wörtern und Ausdrücken</i> (in German). Vol. 3. Cotta. p. 674.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Der+Stutzen+%28d%29&rft.btitle=Bayerisches+W%C3%B6rterbuch%3A+Sammlung+von+W%C3%B6rtern+und+Ausdr%C3%BCcken&rft.pages=674&rft.pub=Cotta&rft.date=1836&rft.aulast=Schmeller&rft.aufirst=Johann+Andreas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVRNRAAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA674&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATatzelwurm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSenti2001" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-interwiki-linked-name cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Senti" class="extiw" title="de:Alois Senti">Senti, Alois</a> <span class="cs1-format">[in German]</span> (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8NfWAAAAMAAJ&q=roduner"><i>Erfragte Vergangenheit: das Sarganserland in den Sagen und Anekdoten</i></a> (in German). 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