Hutsch! In an instant blue flame and cauldron had vanished!
The men stood gazing at each other with long faces, when instantly their hair turned grey, and they all died soon of grief and vexation.
The Enchanted Maiden of the Zorge.
Like Princess Lise, she sometimes appears as a serpent. On the Hohegeissberg, near the river Zorge, the White Maiden of the Staufenburg[[1]] is seen every seven years with a bunch of keys.
[[1]] The Staufenburg bei Zorge.
Once came a shepherd from Kloster Walkenried and pastured his flock in the vicinity of the mountain.
Early in the morning the White Maiden stood on the cliffs, making her footprints in the rock, and sang gaily.
When she had finished her song she descended to the shepherd, and asked him if he would rescue her from the enchantment.
He replied he would gladly if he could.