I really feel that vrouw holle is such I beautiful legend. Being Dutch I believe to this day that she's connected to snow of course I know it's a legend. Happy Yule. I was told as a kid that Being outside after sundown that it was very scary. I always felt that the heat off the stove was a safe place
I highly highly recommend the book "Odin's Wife" by William Reaves. It is a deep exploration of the roots of the Frau Holde/Perchta /Wild Hunt folkloric practices. It is awesome!
It is important to also add, that the current local regions associated with "Celtic" vs "Germanic" peoples changed radically over time. The Alps in early Roman times were home to Gallic tribes, so much so, that the Alps and Northern Italy are called "Galia Cisalpania" ie "Gaul on this side of the Alps" The Germanic tribes there are probably a more recent population of migrants,and the tribal groups were never all that atomistically separated to begin with. Also, huge areas of Ireland .Scotland and the British Isles in general were colonized by Germanic/Norse speaking peoples, who either conquered and or married into the local Celtic populations depending on the region, bringing their cultures and myths with them. A lot of what we think of as "Celtic" in the UK needs to be considered as possibly at least part Norse Thus "Is this folkloric thing Celtic or Germanic" can be a very complicated question
Another potential connection to Celtic folklore, is the fact that Frau Perchta/Berchta's name seems to be cognate with an Indo european root word that means "Bright" Ie , she is "The Bright One" in the same way the Celtic Goddess Brigantia/Brigit is, who's name also comes from the same common root word. Since the rootword is common in both languages , it is hard to parse out if both Germans and Celts had a goddess who was common to both tribes when they separated out from their common Indo European roots, or if one group gave the other group that goddess at some point later in time
Frau Holle could be Frau Halla, a place for virtuos women to go akin to the hall of the warriors, much like the nunneries that were built alongside the monasteries with handy interconnecting tunnels. Merry Christmas.
As far as I know, frau holle / holda was also believed to be the connection to the underworld and weaving our fates in some regions 😊 in the harz region there is still a wooden statue of her with her story...although its a christianized version with Odin as a human "butler" kinda 😂
There is actually a Frau Holle pond at the Hohe Meißner in northern Hessia. Which is said to be the entrance to her Realm.
If you haven’t, definitely read Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas by Al Ridenour. It also goes over Pertcha and a lot more.
I really feel that vrouw holle is such I beautiful legend. Being Dutch I believe to this day that she's connected to snow of course I know it's a legend. Happy Yule. I was told as a kid that Being outside after sundown that it was very scary. I always felt that the heat off the stove was a safe place
It was very enlightening, thank you for taking the time to make videos to teach people and learn as well, SKÓl.
"Hag" historically has been used to describe an elder female or Wytch.
I very much enjoyed your video.
I highly highly recommend the book "Odin's Wife" by William Reaves. It is a deep exploration of the roots of the Frau Holde/Perchta /Wild Hunt folkloric practices. It is awesome!
It is important to also add, that the current local regions associated with "Celtic" vs "Germanic" peoples changed radically over time. The Alps in early Roman times were home to Gallic tribes, so much so, that the Alps and Northern Italy are called "Galia Cisalpania" ie "Gaul on this side of the Alps" The Germanic tribes there are probably a more recent population of migrants,and the tribal groups were never all that atomistically separated to begin with.
Also, huge areas of Ireland .Scotland and the British Isles in general were colonized by Germanic/Norse speaking peoples, who either conquered and or married into the local Celtic populations depending on the region, bringing their cultures and myths with them. A lot of what we think of as "Celtic" in the UK needs to be considered as possibly at least part Norse
Thus "Is this folkloric thing Celtic or Germanic" can be a very complicated question
What a beautiful town...
Another potential connection to Celtic folklore, is the fact that Frau Perchta/Berchta's name seems to be cognate with an Indo european root word that means "Bright" Ie , she is "The Bright One" in the same way the Celtic Goddess Brigantia/Brigit is, who's name also comes from the same common root word. Since the rootword is common in both languages , it is hard to parse out if both Germans and Celts had a goddess who was common to both tribes when they separated out from their common Indo European roots, or if one group gave the other group that goddess at some point later in time
Frau Holle could be Frau Halla, a place for virtuos women to go akin to the hall of the warriors, much like the nunneries that were built alongside the monasteries with handy interconnecting tunnels. Merry Christmas.
As far as I know, frau holle / holda was also believed to be the connection to the underworld and weaving our fates in some regions 😊 in the harz region there is still a wooden statue of her with her story...although its a christianized version with Odin as a human "butler" kinda 😂
We also have a wild hunt legend in uk under celtic folk lore pronounced keltic.
In the west country of england
Wow my last name is kinda close. But it is a city in east Germany called Halle.
Was a nice message at the end...but my family was destroyed by my cheating mum when I was 4.
Ahhhh modern life 😅
Pagan means un Christian.