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Creating a Frau Holle Winter Festival Altar
Creating a Frau Holle  festival altar is fun. Frau Holle is perhaps the most beloved of German deities, with a number of different...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20234 min read
 
 


Pagan Christmas Yule Fests: Frau Holle
The Festival of Frau Holle  decks the halls from her Feast Day 25 Dec to the 5-6th of January. An ancient German goddess, Frau Holle...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20234 min read
 
 


Little Elder Tree Mother: A Fairy Tale
The Little Elder Tree Mother is an 1845 Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It's also known as The Elderbush. The Elder Tree...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 6, 20237 min read
 
 


The Many Faces of Frau Holle
Frau Holle is an ancient Goddess  originating in the pagan lore of Germania. Also called Holda, Hulda or Old Mother Frost, she's often...

Sylvia Rose
May 28, 20234 min read
 
 


Frau Holle - A German Fairy Tale
A mother, her daughter Hilda and stepdaughter Elsa  live in a house in the woods. Elsa does all the work as the other two are lazy, but...

Sylvia Rose
May 7, 20234 min read
 
 


Wild Women and Winter Tales
December 25 marks the Feast of Frau Holle or Hulda  in Germany. She's also celebrated at the Winter Solstice as a goddess of Light. Her...

Sylvia Rose
Apr 17, 20233 min read
 
 
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