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Perchta or
Berchta ('Bertha'), also
commonly known as
Percht and
other variations, was once
known as a
goddess in
Alpine paganism in the
Upper German...
- Alfred's Anglo-Saxon
version of
Boethius de
Consolatione Philosophiae Frau
Berchta, a
purported deity and
female equivalent of
Berchtold proposed by Jacob...
- 480. Frau
Holle (also
known in
various regions as Holla, Holda, Perchta,
Berchta, Berta, or Bertha) was
initially a pre-Christian
female legendary figure...
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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...
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including Wodan (or "Woden"),
Knecht Ruprecht (compare Krampus),
Berchtold (or
Berchta), and
Holda (or "Holle"). The Wild Hunt is also
known from post-medieval...
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supported a
derivation based on the
legendary figure of Frau
Perchta (
Berchta), a
woman (Holle <
Holda 'well disposed, dear') with good and bad changing...
- III,
Count of
Katzenelnbogen 6.
Diether IV,
Count of
Katzenelnbogen 13.
Berchta of
Lichtenberg 3.
Adelheid of
Katzenelnbogen 14.
Eberhard III,
Count of...
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Christianized a day
formerly ****ociated with the
pagan Germanic goddess Berchta ... Hanson,
Joelle (13
December 2012). "Santa
Lucia Day traditions". ELCA...
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County of Montbéliard - Les Rois
Mages (The
Three Kings) in
Roussillon -
Berchta in
Alsace Georgia თოვლის ბაბუა
tovlis babua (Snow Grandfather) 1 January[citation...
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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...
