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The Kludde
Case 1.36

The Kludde

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The Kludde
Legends of the Hidden Horde
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In the oral traditions of the Flemish people, passed down through generations in farmhouses and along lonely paths, lives the Kludde, a shapeshifting spirit of torment and trickery. 

This is not a creature of distant myth but a figure rooted in the lived fears and warnings of local communities: a guardian of boundaries between safety and peril, light and shadow, the known path and the treacherous unknown.  This is Episode 36: The Kludde.

Sources


https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/06/07/kludde/

(detailed English summary with historical references)


https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kludde

(Dutch Wikipedia entry on Flemish folklore)


https://mythlok.com/kludde/

(overview of traits and regional context)


Historical collections referenced in sources above, including 19th-century accounts by Baron of Saint-Genois, Teirlinck’s Le Folklore Flamand, and related volumes like Northern Mythology.