Not really. I wouldn’t say the Butzemann has anything to do with Scarecrows.
So I’m working on a game where you battle mythical creatures of different cultures. Its not supposed to be some badass character, more like scary stories told to kids. I did my research and decided on Butzemann but I would love to have some insight from native people, as we almost added a copyrighted character before. I also based the background on rural Germany to fit the scarecrow theme.
So is he meant to be the one on the left or the right?
I know the Bi-Ba-Butzemann from the childrens song but other than that it’s not a very commonly known mythical creature.
According to wikipedia it’s more like the overall denomination for all kinds of demons and bogeymen.
Butzemann is just a category of evil spirits, not an actual figure.
This is a great concept, but to echo what others have said: If you showed this to 100 Germans and asked “do you recognise this character”, I’d expect exactly nobody would arrive at Butzemann. It is not an iconic mythical figure for us.
There are such creatures in German mythology, but they might not be known all over the country. After all, Germany became one country rather late and every region has their own stories. This is a list of 101 German mythical figures and I don’t know most of them: [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Deutsche_Sagengestalt](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Deutsche_Sagengestalt)
Things you could look into:
The “Wilder Mann” (wild man), the “Schrat” and other figures of the Alemannic carneval (Fasnacht, which is actually happening this weekeend). These are all related to various other mythical creatures from German fairy tales. Rübezahl. Maybe the Pied Piper? The headless horseman? Krampus? Loreley?
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Not really. I wouldn’t say the Butzemann has anything to do with Scarecrows.
So I’m working on a game where you battle mythical creatures of different cultures. Its not supposed to be some badass character, more like scary stories told to kids. I did my research and decided on Butzemann but I would love to have some insight from native people, as we almost added a copyrighted character before. I also based the background on rural Germany to fit the scarecrow theme.
So is he meant to be the one on the left or the right?
I know the Bi-Ba-Butzemann from the childrens song but other than that it’s not a very commonly known mythical creature.
According to wikipedia it’s more like the overall denomination for all kinds of demons and bogeymen.
Butzemann is just a category of evil spirits, not an actual figure.
This is a great concept, but to echo what others have said: If you showed this to 100 Germans and asked “do you recognise this character”, I’d expect exactly nobody would arrive at Butzemann. It is not an iconic mythical figure for us.
There are such creatures in German mythology, but they might not be known all over the country. After all, Germany became one country rather late and every region has their own stories. This is a list of 101 German mythical figures and I don’t know most of them: [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Deutsche_Sagengestalt](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Deutsche_Sagengestalt)
Things you could look into:
The “Wilder Mann” (wild man), the “Schrat” and other figures of the Alemannic carneval (Fasnacht, which is actually happening this weekeend). These are all related to various other mythical creatures from German fairy tales. Rübezahl. Maybe the Pied Piper? The headless horseman? Krampus? Loreley?
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