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Frau Holle

Index Frau Holle

"Frau Holle" (also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24). [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 112 relations: Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, Advent, Apple, Artemis, Artio, Aurore and Aimée, Austrian Silesia, Berlin, Bogeyman, Bohemia, Bread, Brothers Grimm, Burchard of Worms, Canon Episcopi, Carlo Ginzburg, Catholic Church, Celtic calendar, Cinderella, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Deutsche Mythologie, Diamonds and Toads, Diana (mythology), Distaff, Early Middle Ages, Engyon, Epona, Erasmus Alberus, Erika Timm, Eugen Diederichs, Fairy tale, Father Frost (fairy tale), Folk Catholicism, Folklore, Former eastern territories of Germany, Franconia, German folklore, Germanic paganism, Goniothalamus, Grandmother Winter, Gretel & Hansel, Grimms' Fairy Tales, Hag, Hanover, Hecate, Hermann Vogel (German illustrator), Herodias, High Middle Ages, Hludana, Hulder, Icelandic language, ... Expand index (62 more) »

  2. 1812 short stories
  3. ATU 460-499
  4. ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls
  5. Flax
  6. German legendary creatures
  7. Germanic goddesses

Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index

The Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies.

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Advent

Advent is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming.

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Apple

An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus spp.'', among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica).

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Artemis

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.

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Artio

Artio (Dea Artio in the Gallo-Roman religion) is a Celtic bear goddess.

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Aurore and Aimée

Aurore and Aimée is a French literary fairy tale written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. Frau Holle and Aurore and Aimée are ATU 460-499, ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls and female characters in fairy tales.

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Austrian Silesia

Austrian Silesia, officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy (from 1804 the Austrian Empire, and from 1867 the Cisleithanian portion of Austria-Hungary).

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bogeyman

The bogeyman (also spelled or known as bogyman, bogy, bogey, and, in North American English, also boogeyman) is a mythical creature typically used to frighten children into good behavior. Frau Holle and bogeyman are German legendary creatures.

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Bohemia

Bohemia (Čechy; Böhmen; Čěska; Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.

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Bread

Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking.

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Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.

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Burchard of Worms

Burchard of Worms (950/965 – August 20, 1025) was the bishop of the Imperial City of Worms, in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Canon Episcopi

The title canon Episcopi (or capitulum Episcopi) is conventionally given to a certain passage found in medieval canon law.

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Carlo Ginzburg

Carlo Ginzburg (born 15 April 1939) is an Italian historian and a proponent of the field of microhistory.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Celtic calendar

The Celtic calendar is a compilation of pre-Christian Celtic systems of timekeeping, including the Gaulish Coligny calendar, used by Celtic countries to define the beginning and length of the day, the week, the month, the seasons, quarter days, and festivals.

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Cinderella

"Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. Frau Holle and Cinderella are female characters in fairy tales and Grimms' Fairy Tales.

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Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum

The Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions.

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Deutsche Mythologie

Deutsche Mythologie (Teutonic Mythology) is a treatise on Germanic mythology by Jacob Grimm.

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Diamonds and Toads

Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies". Frau Holle and Diamonds and Toads are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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Diana (mythology)

Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon.

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Distaff

A distaff (also called a rock"Rock." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.) is a tool used in spinning. Frau Holle and distaff are flax.

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Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.

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Engyon

Engyon (Ancient Greek: Ἒγγυον; Engium; Ἐγγύον in some Byzantine texts of Ptolemy and Plutarch) is an ancient town of the interior of Magna Graecia in Sicily, a Cretan colony, according to Diodorus Siculus and famous for an ancient temple of the Magna Mater (Mother Rhea)Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C.

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Epona

In Gallo-Roman religion, Epona was a protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules.

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Erasmus Alberus

Erasmus Alberus (c. 15005 May 1553) was a German humanist, Lutheran reformer, and poet.

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Erika Timm

Erika Timm (born 1934) is a German linguist, the author of works that have made fundamental contributions to Yiddish historical linguistics and philology.

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Eugen Diederichs

Eugen Diederichs (June 22, 1867 – September 10, 1930) was a German publisher born in Löbitz, in the Prussian Province of Saxony.

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Fairy tale

A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre.

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Father Frost (fairy tale)

Father Frost (Морозко, Morozko) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki (1855–63). Frau Holle and Father Frost (fairy tale) are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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Folk Catholicism

Folk Catholicism can be broadly described as various ethnic expressions and practices of Catholicism intermingled with aspects of folk religion.

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Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.

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Former eastern territories of Germany

The former eastern territories of Germany refer in present-day Germany to those territories east of the current eastern border of Germany, i.e., the Oder–Neisse line, which historically had been considered German and which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union after World War II in Europe.

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Franconia

Franconia (Franken,; East Franconian: Franggn; Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German: Ostfränkisch).

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German folklore

German folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Germany over a number of centuries.

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Germanic paganism

Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples.

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Goniothalamus

Goniothalamus is one of the largest palaeotropical genera of plant in family Annonaceae.

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Grandmother Winter

Grandmother Winter is a 1999 picture book written by Phyllis Root and illustrated by Beth Krommes.

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Gretel & Hansel

Gretel & Hansel (also known as Gretel & Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale) is a 2020 dark fantasy horror film directed by Osgood Perkins from a screenplay by Rob Hayes, and produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan.

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Grimms' Fairy Tales

Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (lead,, commonly abbreviated as KHM), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. Frau Holle and Grimms' Fairy Tales are German fairy tales.

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Hag

A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as "Hansel and Gretel". Frau Holle and hag are female legendary creatures.

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Hanover

Hanover (Hannover; Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony.

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Hecate

Hecate is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied. Frau Holle and Hecate are Witchcraft in folklore and mythology.

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Hermann Vogel (German illustrator)

Hermann Vogel (16 October 1854 – 22 February 1921) was a German illustrator.

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Herodias

Herodias (Ἡρῳδιάς, Hērōidiás; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire.

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High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300.

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Hludana

Hludana (or Dea Hludana) is a Germanic goddess attested in five ancient Latin inscriptions from the Rhineland and Frisia, all dating from 197–235 AD. Frau Holle and Hludana are Germanic goddesses.

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Hulder

A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Frau Holle and hulder are female legendary creatures.

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Icelandic language

Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language.

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Ingaevones

The Ingaevones were a Germanic cultural group living in the Northern Germania along the North Sea coast in the areas of Jutland, Holstein, and Lower Saxony in classical antiquity.

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Intercalation (timekeeping)

Intercalation or embolism in timekeeping is the insertion of a leap day, week, or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases.

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Jacob Grimm

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist.

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Kallo and the Goblins

Kallo and the Goblins is a Greek fairy tale. Frau Holle and Kallo and the Goblins are female characters in fairy tales.

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Lotte Motz

Lotte Motz, born Lotte Edlis (August 16, 1922 – December 24, 1997), was an Austrian-American scholar, obtaining a Ph.D. in German and philology, who published four books and many scholarly papers, primarily in the fields of Germanic mythology and folklore.

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Lower Rhine

Lower Rhine (Niederrhein,; kilometres 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine) refers to the section of the Rhine between Bonn in Germany and the North Sea at Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, including the Nederrijn (Nether Rhine) within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta; alternatively, Lower Rhine may also refer to just the part upstream of Pannerdens Kop (km 660–865.5), excluding the Nederrijn.

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Madonna Oriente

Madonna Oriente or Signora Oriente (Lady of the East), also known as La Signora del Gioco (The Lady of the Game), are names of an alleged religious figure, as described by two Italian women who were executed by the Inquisition in 1390 as witches.

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther (10 November 1483– 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Matres and Matronae

The Matres (Latin for "mothers") and Matronae (Latin for "matrons") were female deities venerated in Northwestern Europe, of whom relics are found dating from the first to the fifth century AD. Frau Holle and Matres and Matronae are Germanic goddesses.

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Münster

Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg (Mękel(n)borg) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

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Middle English

Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.

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Middle High German

Middle High German (MHG; Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages.

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Migration Period

The Migration Period (circa 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post-Roman kingdoms.

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Mother Holly

Mother Holly or Mother Hulda (Frau Holle) is a 1954 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow and starring Renée Stobrawa, Rita-Maria Nowotny and Werner Stock.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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Nobility

Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.

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Nordisk familjebok

Nordisk familjebok ('Nordic Family Book') is a Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Old High German

Old High German (OHG; Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050.

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Once Upon a Time (1973 film)

Once Upon a Time (Maria d'Oro und Bello Blue) is a 1973 West German animated musical film written and directed by and Rolf Kauka.

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Oven

A double oven A ceramic oven An oven is a tool which is used to expose materials to a hot environment.

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Paderborn

Paderborn (Westphalian: Patterbuorn, also Paterboärn) is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district.

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Peel (tool)

A peel is a tool used by bakers to slide loaves of bread, pizzas, pastries, and other baked goods into and out of an oven.

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Perchta

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 and also Austrian and Slovenian regions of the Alps. Frau Holle and Perchta are female legendary creatures, German legendary creatures, Germanic goddesses and textiles in folklore.

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Philological Quarterly

The Philological Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on medieval European and modern literature and culture.

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Pitch (resin)

Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Pre-Christian Alpine traditions

The central and eastern Alps of Europe are rich in folklore traditions dating back to pre-Christian times, with surviving elements originating from Germanic, Gaulish (Gallo-Roman), Slavic (Carantanian) and Raetian culture.

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Proto-Germanic language

Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.

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Shita-kiri Suzume

, translated literally into "Tongue-Cut Sparrow", is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. Frau Holle and Shita-kiri Suzume are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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Silesia

Silesia (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Silesian German

Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, Schlesisch), Silesian German or Lower Silesian is a nearly extinct German dialect spoken in Silesia.

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Spindle (textiles)

A spindle is a straight spike, usually made from wood, used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn.

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Spinning (textiles)

Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.

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Standard German

Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland, Schriftdeutsch), is the umbrella term for the standardized varieties of the German language, which are used in formal contexts and for communication between different dialect areas.

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Sudeten Germans

German Bohemians (Deutschböhmen und Deutschmährer; čeští Němci a moravští Němci, i.e. German Bohemians and German Moravians), later known as Sudeten Germans (Sudetendeutsche; sudetští Němci), were ethnic Germans living in the Czech lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part of Czechoslovakia.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Textiles in folklore

Mention of textiles in folklore is ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of this art.

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The Enchanted Wreath

The Enchanted Wreath is a Scandinavian fairy tale, collected in Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions. Frau Holle and The Enchanted Wreath are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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The Feather Fairy

The Feather Fairy (Perinbaba) is a 1985 film adaptation of a Brothers Grimm's "Mother Hulda" short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko.

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The Months (fairy tale)

The Months is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Frau Holle and the Months (fairy tale) are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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The Old Witch

The Old Witch is an English fairy tale published by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book, More English Fairy Tales. Frau Holle and The Old Witch are ATU 460-499, ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls and female characters in fairy tales.

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The Spinning-Woman by the Spring

The Spinning-Woman by the Spring or The Kind and the Unkind Girls is a widespread, traditional folk tale, known throughout Europe and in certain regions of Asia, including Indonesia. Frau Holle and the Spinning-Woman by the Spring are ATU 460-499 and female characters in fairy tales.

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The Three Fairies

"The Three Fairies" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Frau Holle and the Three Fairies are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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The Three Heads of the Well

The Three Heads in the Well is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. Frau Holle and the Three Heads of the Well are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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The Three Little Men in the Wood

"The Three Little Men in the Wood" or "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" (Die drei Männlein im Walde) is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 13). Frau Holle and the Three Little Men in the Wood are ATU 460-499, ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls and Grimms' Fairy Tales.

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The Three Spinners

"The Three Spinners" (also The Three Spinning Women; German: Die drei Spinnerinnen) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 14). Frau Holle and the Three Spinners are female characters in fairy tales, flax, German fairy tales, Grimms' Fairy Tales and textiles in folklore.

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The Two Caskets

The Two Caskets is a Scandinavian fairy tale included by Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule-Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions. Frau Holle and The Two Caskets are ATU 460-499 and ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

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Thor

Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.

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Tow (fibre)

In the textile industry, a tow (or hards) is a coarse, broken fibre, removed during processing flax, hemp, or jute and separated from the shives.

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True and Untrue

True and Untrue is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

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Twelfth Night (holiday)

Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany Eve depending upon the tradition) is a Christian festival on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany.

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Twelve Days of Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity.

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Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.

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Widow

A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried.

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Wild Hunt

The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif occurring across various northern, western and eastern European societies, appearing in the religions of the Germans, Celts, and Slavs (motif E501 per Thompson).

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Wilhelm Grimm

Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 178616 December 1859) was a German author and anthropologist.

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Witchcraft

Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic.

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Wonderwell

Wonderwell is a 2023 Italian-American fantasy film directed by Vlad Marsavin, produced by Fred Roos, and based on the short story "Drainhole Dreaming" by William Brookfield.

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See also

1812 short stories

ATU 460-499

ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls

Flax

German legendary creatures

Germanic goddesses

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle

Also known as Frau Holda, Frau Hulda, Holda, Holde, Holle (goddess), Mother Holle, Mother Hulda, Spillaholle.

, Ingaevones, Intercalation (timekeeping), Jacob Grimm, Kallo and the Goblins, Lotte Motz, Lower Rhine, Madonna Oriente, Martin Luther, Mary, mother of Jesus, Matres and Matronae, Münster, Mecklenburg, Middle English, Middle High German, Migration Period, Mother Holly, Munich, Nobility, Nordisk familjebok, Old English, Old High German, Once Upon a Time (1973 film), Oven, Paderborn, Peel (tool), Perchta, Philological Quarterly, Pitch (resin), Prague, Pre-Christian Alpine traditions, Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Indo-European language, Shita-kiri Suzume, Silesia, Silesian German, Spindle (textiles), Spinning (textiles), Standard German, Sudeten Germans, Swedish language, Textiles in folklore, The Enchanted Wreath, The Feather Fairy, The Months (fairy tale), The Old Witch, The Spinning-Woman by the Spring, The Three Fairies, The Three Heads of the Well, The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Three Spinners, The Two Caskets, Thor, Tow (fibre), True and Untrue, Twelfth Night (holiday), Twelve Days of Christmas, Urtica dioica, Widow, Wild Hunt, Wilhelm Grimm, Witchcraft, Wonderwell.