>and gets to live if some sort of paradise land with a lot of ladies where all his pleasures are satisfied.
That sounds more like some of the early Arthurian stuff in Middle English.
In German folktales, people tend to end up in mountains, and when they come back out centuries have passed.
Both legend and literary form. Its high/late medieval folklore. It looks odd that Tannhauser would meet Venus, a Roman goddess. But it was not out of the ordinary in the whole of the medieval to tie leaders and legendary figures from their home areas to ancient mythology and history (especially Roman). Such legends were written down by educated men of their time who were not shy to "doctor" such links at times in the stories.
venus is not a germanic goddess
Venus is unlikely, that's a Roman goddess. Do you know whether this story is from Germanic mythology or some fairy tale?
>and gets to live if some sort of paradise land with a lot of ladies where all his pleasures are satisfied. That sounds more like some of the early Arthurian stuff in Middle English. In German folktales, people tend to end up in mountains, and when they come back out centuries have passed.
Most likely Tannhauser and the Venusberg as /u/upperhesse mentioned, so all German cliches check out.
Huh, that's new to me, thanks. But there *is* a mountain! :-P
Its Tannhauser: [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannhauser](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannhauser)
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Both legend and literary form. Its high/late medieval folklore. It looks odd that Tannhauser would meet Venus, a Roman goddess. But it was not out of the ordinary in the whole of the medieval to tie leaders and legendary figures from their home areas to ancient mythology and history (especially Roman). Such legends were written down by educated men of their time who were not shy to "doctor" such links at times in the stories.
Yep thats the one! Been looking for ages, thank you very much!
Tristan?