Berchta
Americannoun
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Merely that he should marry the Princess Berchta!
From The Fawn Gloves by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Dame Berchta came again, and taking pity on him, commanded one of her children to restore his sight.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
After the introduction of Christianity, Berchta lost her first estate and lapsed into a bogie.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
In Southern Germany and Switzerland, a mysterious lady known as Dame Berchta is reputed to be abroad on Twelfth Night.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
"Berchta spoils flax found unspun the last day of the year."
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
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