Frau Holle
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"Frau Holle" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812. It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480.
Goldmarie from "Frau Holle", illustration by Hermann Vogel
"Holda, the good protectress" (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine
Frau Gode and her dogs
Frau Holle, or Perchta, with the Wild Hunt
Perchta
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Perchta or Berchta, also commonly known as Percht and other variations, was thought to be a goddess in Alpine paganism in the Upper German and also Austrian and Slovenian regions of the Alps.
Frau Holle
…Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480. Frau Holle (also known in various regions as Holla, Holda, Perchta, Berchta, Berta, or Bertha) was a folk figure whom the Grimms claimed survived in popular belief well into the 19th century. The name may be cognate…
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Peruchty in Hrdly [cs], Kingdom of Bohemia, 1910
A Perchten mask
Holda in children's spring