-
Perchta or
Berchta ('Bertha'; German: [ˈpɛʁçta, ˈbɛʁçta]), also
commonly known as
Percht (German: [ˈpɛʁçt]) and
other variations, was once
known as a...
- 480. Frau
Holle (also
known in
various regions as Holla, Holda, Perchta,
Berchta, Berta, or Bertha) was
initially a pre-Christian
female legendary figure...
- Alfred's Anglo-Saxon
version of
Boethius de
Consolatione Philosophiae Frau
Berchta, a
purported deity and
female equivalent of
Berchtold proposed by Jacob...
-
including Wodan (or "Woden"),
Knecht Ruprecht (compare Krampus),
Berchtold (or
Berchta), and
Holda (or "Holle"). The Wild Hunt is also
known from post-medieval...
-
figure Perchta or
Berchta (English Bertha). Like the
legends of "Bertha la fileuse" in
France and the
story of
Mother Goose Berchta was ****ociated with...
-
supported a
derivation based on the
legendary figure of Frau
Perchta (
Berchta), a
woman (Holle <
Holda 'well disposed, dear') with good and bad changing...
-
Swiss Society for
Volkskunde in 1896. Berchtoldstag,
festival in
honour of
Berchta or Berchtold.
Fasnacht (or Fastnacht), a pre-Lenten carnival. Eis-zwei-Geissebei...
- III,
Count of
Katzenelnbogen 6.
Diether IV,
Count of
Katzenelnbogen 13.
Berchta of
Lichtenberg 3.
Adelheid of
Katzenelnbogen 14.
Eberhard III,
Count of...
-
Christianized a day
formerly ****ociated with the
pagan Germanic goddess Berchta ... Hanson,
Joelle (13
December 2012). "Santa
Lucia Day traditions". ELCA...
-
Beorhtwynn meaning "bright joy". The name
occurs as a theonym,
surviving as
Berchta, a
figure in
Alpine folklore connected to the Wild Hunt,
probably an epithet...
