Bokkenrijders
From Dutch folklore, Bokkenrijders are ghostly bandits that ride on flying goats. They plunder under the cover of darkness, their ethereal forms passing through walls.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Dutch folklore
- Region
- Southern Netherlands (place of origin)Eastern Belgium (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Rain-Serpents
- Symbols
- Goat
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Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- Goat bears image-domain The goat denotes untamed lust and fertility, sacred to Pan and Dionysus, nurturing as milk-giver and driven out as bearer of a people's sins.
why
From Dutch folklore, Bokkenrijders are ghostly bandits that ride on flying goats.
Traits
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Form
- Ghostly bandits ride flying mounts
why
These spectral bandits are said to traverse the night sky on the backs of flying goats, a chilling sight that strikes fear into the hearts of those who witness their nocturnal flights.
- Passes through solid walls
why
Their ethereal nature allows them to pass through solid walls and locked doors, making no building or fortress safe from their plundering activities.
- Skeletal ghostly form
why
transforming them into ghostly entities
Behaviour
- Pact with dark forces for power
why
It's said that they made pacts with dark forces, granting them their otherworldly abilities and flying mounts.
- Steals from rich to aid poor
why
Despite their fearsome reputation, some tales paint the Bokkenrijders as Robin Hood-like figures, stealing from the rich to help the poor.
Utility powers
- Planar traversal
why
Their ethereal nature allows them to pass through solid walls and locked doors, making no building or fortress safe from their plundering activities.