# The Mummelsee — The Adventurous Simplicissimus character guide

> The Mummelsee in The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Wonderful Mummelsee, Mummelsee

**First appearance:** 0129-x-relation-of-certain-peasants-concerning-the-wonderful-mummelsee

## Who they are

A magical lake spirit who guides Simplicissimus to the center of the earth.

## In the story

### [X: Relation of Certain Peasants Concerning the Wonderful Mummelsee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-relation-of-certain-peasants-concerning-the-wonderful-mummelsee)

The wondrous lake on a high mountain, described as bottomless and the subject of many strange tales and historical attempts to explore it.

### [How Simplicissimus Journeyed with the Sylphs to the Centre of the Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-how-simplicissimus-journeyed-with-the-sylphs-to-the-centre-of-the-earth)

The lake where the sylphs reside; its waters are mineral-tasting and black in the deep, and it is the site of the supernatural encounter.

### [XIII to XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiii-to-xvi)

The prince of the Mummelsee explains the earth's crust and sylphs, and offers satirical commentary on human affairs.

### [How Simplicissimus Returned from the Middle of the Earth, and of His Strange Fancies, His Aircastles, His Calculations; and How He Reckoned Without His Host](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xvii-how-simplicissimus-returned-from-the-middle-of-the-earth-and-of-his-strange-fancies-his-aircastles-his-calculations-and-how-he-reckoned-without-his-host)

The prince of the Mummelsee escorts Simplicissimus back through the lake and takes leave of him.

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