Berchta
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Merely that he should marry the Princess Berchta!
From The Fawn Gloves by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
They solemnized the return of the fiery sun wheel; they traced in those solstice days the operations on earth of Odin and Berchta.
From Christmas A Story by Leon V. (Leon Victor) Solon
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 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
We noted in an earlier chapter the name Berchtentag applied in southern Germany and in Austria to the Epiphany, and we saw also how the mysterious Frau Berchta was specially connected with the day.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
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 Edwin Sidney Hartland
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