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Der Wolfsjunge von Hesse

All the stories of the boys of Hesse and Wetterau are contradictory, confused, and frequently contain errors. The date of 1304 sometimes becomes 1344, 1544, and even 1744, in later commentaries, and the number of children varies from one to three.

How many boys?

There seem to be three boys in total, from 1304, 1341 and 1344, the first two from Hesse, and the third from Wetterau.

The wolf-boy of Hesse

In the first case, that of the wolf-boy of Hesse, the original account by Benedictine monks, tells us that a boy aged around 7 or 8 had been living with wolves since he was taken by them at the age of 3.

They looked after him by surrounding him in cold weather, and fed him the best meat from the hunt. When returned to human civilization he said that he preferred living with the wolves.

He was taken to the court of Henry, prince (Landgrave) of Hesse.