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
Wonderful winter deity. In the first Frau Holle painting, she really comes across as good natured. :-)
ReplyDeleteCertainly is an enduring legend. The sculpture is quite lovely.