Thursday, December 8, 2022

Frau Holle

The Nordic Frau Holle (believed to originally be called Hulda) is a deity that predates the Norse pantheon. She is associated with Winter, Yule season, and snowfall is said to be Frau Holle shaking out her feather mattress.
~Kerria


For Art Thursday, Mother Hulda a.k.a. Frau Holle.

Frau Holle (ca. 1939), Johann-Mithlinger-Siedlung
photo by Buchhändler

Frau Holle, Landschaftsvorlage: das Lahntal
Otto Ubbelohde - "Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm" First published 1907-1909 by Leipziger Turm-Verlag

Festkalender von Hans Thoma

Berlin series for social welfare 1967, fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm, Mother Hulda
scanned by NobbiP

Berlin series for social welfare 1967, fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm, Mother Hulda
scanned by NobbiP

Frau Holle Denkmal im im Frau Holle Park in Hessisch Lichtenau
photo by Kroll Markus

Hölzerne Statue von Viktor Donhauser am Frau-Holle-Teich auf dem Hohen Meißner
photo by Markus Goebel


1 comment:

HWY said...

Wonderful winter deity. In the first Frau Holle painting, she really comes across as good natured. :-)

Certainly is an enduring legend. The sculpture is quite lovely.