Peter Klaus, the German prototype of Rip Van Winkle, was allegedly a goatherd who slept for the same number of years and at the end had similar experiences. The character is found in Peter Klaus the Goatherd by J.C.C. Nachtigal¹, a short story set in a German village.

1. ^ Charters, Ann (2006). The Story and Its Writers : An Introduction to Shor Fiction, Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN 9-78031244-272-9. 

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