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Berchta or Perchta is a frosty Alpine goddess - kind to those who are domestically good, terrifying to those who break the rules. A woman must not weave on her festival day (modern Epiphany in Jan). Her spinning should be done, house clean and porridge left. 1/3

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2022-03-12

Queen of the Bad Faeries. In Scotland she is Nicnivin, Elph Queine of the Unseelie Court. In Germany she is Berchta, leading the savage dogs of the Wild Hunt, telling all she meets "Travel by day, for the night belongs to me." Art by Brian Froud.

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2018-08-09