This regional figure comes from German legends of the Loket area. He appears as a little, dishevelled man in a long garment, carrying a comb. He mainly served as a children’s bogeyman, and the book does not associate him with serious physical danger.
Where it appears
The Loket region.
What the old legends say
Šrakakal mainly served as a bogeyman for children. Legends offer no special magical protection; the point of the stories was to keep children from going alone into dangerous places. If he appeared, a child was supposed to go to adults rather than remain alone.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 40
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.
