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The phenomenon of matted hair which appeared spontaneously in the course of different illnesses combined with all sorts of infections, poor hygiene and infestation with lice, namely the so-called elflock disease, was made a disease "sui generis” by the doctors of earlier centuries. The appearance of a more or less gorgeous elflock was on the one hand a severe blow of fate, on the other hand it was often not altogether undesirable, because it was believed that the elflock provided an exit for bad juices out of the body and an unhampered growth would eventually lead to the cure of a serious illness. Cutting off the elflock in its prime was therefore strictly forbidden and people even tried to acquire an artificial one. Superstitious attitudes of sorcery and witchcraft played a fundamental role, dark forces as well as good spirits were involved. However the elflock was not only an issue of medicine or superstitition, but it was also a means of sharpening the character profile with the demonstration of superiority and claim to power. The aim of this essay is primarily to emphasize a fourth dimension of the topic, namely to interpret the widespread appearance in Poland not as a medical phenomenon but as an element of a specifically national remembrance culture.

Der Weichselzopf - Krankheit, Aberglaube, Charakterprofil und Erinnerungskultur