Diether

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Diether Endlicher/Associated Press GERMAN TRADITION: Young men disguised in masks and costumes of straw ran from door to door at dusk Friday in the southern German city of Bischofswiesen.

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“Diether, ” shouted the robber to an accomplice in hiding, “catch the child and come and stop this wench’s mouth.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

Meanwhile Diether and his companions were almost overwhelmed by the floods, yet they were unable to stir hand or foot.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

At that very moment Diether had reached the interior of the great drum-wheel, and his surprise and horror were unbounded when it commenced to rotate.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

As she stood on the brink of the precipice, her lips smiling, her eyes gleaming softly, her wet dark hair streaming over her shoulders, some strange, unearthly quality in her beauty, a potent spell fell upon the little company, so that even Diether himself could neither move nor speak.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

“To cast thee into the Rhine, sorceress, ” said Diether roughly, “where thou hast drowned our prince.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914

A moment later, however, Diether sprang up from a ditch, seized the frightened boy, and ran back toward the mill.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914