About

This is the homepage of Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles, an ongoing project striving to translate old German folklore tales. Right now, there are two ways you can read these tales:

The book: A collection of the first 155 tales that were translated.

The Patreon campaign: All translations are initially published here, with a new text featuring 1,000+ words of translations and commentary being published every Monday. Patrons get access to different material depending on the tier they support:

  • Enthusiast-level Patrons get access to the weekly texts.
  • Scholar-level Patrons receive the ebook manuscript draft of the next edition of the book, in both PDF and EPUB formats.
  • Explorer-level Patrons can submit monthly suggestions for topics that I will explore in my translations.

Furthermore, all translations (though not my personal commentary) are released under a Creative Commons Zero license – allowing anyone to reuse and republish these tales for any purpose, without any restrictions.