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Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

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From:

prinzsorgenfrei

the locals had a sort of "Wild Hunt" tradition

~~The Witcher 3: Kaphengst~~

I asked a friend about this and apparently her grandma, who went to school in that region, still says "Kaphengst kommt". I think it's hilarious and will attempt to use it in day to day life now :'D

From:

mildred_of_midgard

So Fontane was not embellishing! That's awwwesome. I agree we should help keep this tradition going!

From:

selenak

I have now lost the struggle to reign in my inner twelve years old pointing out the double meaning in "Kaphengst kommt". :)

Aaaaaanyway, it's great and amazing this tradition went on for so long. Also, I'm reminded of thinking when I learned that among the state guests who were staying at Meseberg in the last two decades was Vladimir Putin: Well, I hope Kaphengst haunts the homophobic bastard with graphic memories!

From:

mildred_of_midgard

This keeps getting better! I didn't know you had the double meaning in German too. Duly noted!

While telling this story to my wife (we were having "Kaphengst kommt" weather last week, with fallen leaves getting stirred up by strong winds), my inner twelve-year-old stumbled over "He was known for being a hard rider--well, in more than one sense of the word, possibly," and remembered to tell her that "hengst" means "stallion"! (As Google translate never tires of reminding us when it translates his name as Cape Stallion.)

Kaphengst: just made for double entendres, in conclusion.

Seconding your wish re Putin haunting.