~KRANDLEKEEP~
The Wisconsin Gnomelore Database
There Be Hodags
Around 2022 I started doing a deep dive into Wisconsin folklore, and from the beginning, I wanted to find one thing: A complete list of all the legendary creatures in Wisconsin folklore. However, the more and more I delved into the deep lore, uncovering obscure subspecies of hodags and a surprisingly huge number of gnomes, I began to realize that no such list existed. I amassed an ever-growing collection of books on Wisconsin's folktales, cryptids, and hauntings, both physical and virtual, but no one book contained a full account of our legendary critters.
Since the one list that I wanted simply didn't exist, I resolved to do it myself, and began going through all my resources in order to list out our legendary creatures, typing out descriptions of each legend.
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I read through books, websites, and even records of from the Federal Writer's Project. I took special interest in the gnomes, since we seem to have more little people than any other type of creature. I was especially happy to discover a specific gnome legend in the annals of the FWP notes that had not been reported on by any other author.
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Eventually my list of Wisconsin legends and their descriptions grew long enough to be a book. At the very least, I intend to self-publish it. At the time of writing this webpage (2/3/2025), the research and the first draft of the writing is done, 25% of the first editing pass has been completed, and 50% of the illustrations have been made.
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Once the book is completed and available online, this page will be updated to link to where the book can be found.
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Wisconsin's Leading Gnome Expert, Pictured with his Fairy Daughter