German Folklore Trivia Questions
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A witch lures two lost siblings to her house made entirely of this sweet building material in the dark forest.
- Gingerbread
- Chocolate
- Candy canes
- Marzipan
This sinister horned creature from Alpine folklore punishes naughty children during the Christmas season alongside St. Nicholas.
- Belsnickel
- Krampus
- Perchta
- Knecht Ruprecht
The jealous queen in a famous Grimm tale seeks the heart of a beautiful princess after consulting her magical looking glass.
- Snow White
- Sleeping Beauty
- Cinderella
- Rapunzel
In the tale of two lost siblings, the children leave a trail of these behind to find their way home, but birds eat them.
- Seeds
- Pebbles
- Breadcrumbs
- Berries
The famous duo of folklorists who collected tales like "Cinderella" and "The Frog Prince" were brothers with this surname.
- Grimm
- Hoffmann
- Andersen
- Perrault
This sinister little man demands a queen's firstborn child unless she can guess his unusual name within three days.
- Tom Thumb
- Puck
- Rumpelstiltskin
- The Erlking
This legendary siren sits atop a rock on the Rhine River, luring sailors to their doom with her enchanting song.
- Rusalka
- Ondine
- Lorelei
- Melusine
The Brothers Grimm collected their famous fairy tales during the early 1800s in this European country.
- Denmark
- Austria
- France
- Germany
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