The Legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak: And their Adventures Heroical, Joyous, and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles de Coster. Short summary

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The main character is Til. His father, Klaas, was a coal miner. Til was later accused of heresy and banished from the Netherlands for several years. In addition, his girlfriend’s mother was accused of witchcraft.

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The protagonist of the work is a young man named Thiel. The latter’s father was Klaas, who was a coal miner. Growing up, Thiel was accused of anti-religious acts and banished from the Netherlands for 3 years. In addition, his girlfriend Nele’s mother, Katlina, was declared a witch. As a consequence of the terrible torture inflicted on her, she went insane.

Several years passed. Til received an indulgence and the right to return home. But the protagonist was horrified when he learned that his neighbor, Joost Graepstuver, had turned in his father, Klaas. The latter was eventually burned at the stake, considering him a heretic. Thiel’s mother and Klaas’s widow became insane because of the grief that occurred and later died. The main character collected the ashes left by his father’s body in a small bag and began to wear them on his own chest.

The boy decided to seek help from Catlina, who knew how to communicate with spirits. She advised him and Nela to go to a spring celebration of land spirits. These entities told the couple in love where to look for certain Seven.