![19th-century depiction of a Wild Hunt, by Johann Wilhelm Cordes.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/geister-titel-300x225.jpg)
The reformer and the ghosts
Ludwig Lavater was not only the successor to Huldrych Zwingli, but also a great lover of ghost stories, which he collected and published in a book.
![Portrait of Ludwig Lavater, around 1670.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/lavater-255x300.jpg)
When the theologian collected ghost stories
![Ludwig Lavater’s book of ghosts (Gespensterbuch) was first published in 1569 and has been translated into several languages.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/unghuer-208x300.jpg)
An armed legion in the sky
![A Berggeist (mountain spirit, bottom right) gets up to his usual mischief. Illustration from Olaus Magnus’ 16th-century book.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/berggeister-300x139.jpg)
![A mountain spirit and a little devil at work in a mine. Illustration from Olaus Magnus’ 16th-century book.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/berggeister-2-300x139.jpg)
Ludwig Lavater was not only the successor to Huldrych Zwingli, but also a great lover of ghost stories, which he collected and published in a book.