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Mother Hulda
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fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
Key facts
- Name
- Frau Holle
- Aarne thompson grouping
- ATU 480
- Country
- Germany
- Published in
- Grimm's Fairy Tales
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Wilhelm Grimm
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Image
- Illustration at page 126 in Grimm's Household Tales (Edwardes, Bell).png
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- Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
- 480
- published in
- Grimms' fairy tales
- Commons category
- Mother Hulda
- described by source
- Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
- title
- Holle Rouva
- publication date
- 1812-00-00
- language of work or name
- German
- catalog code
- KHM 24
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Encyclopedic overview
"Frau Holle" (/ˈfraʊ ˈhɒl/; German: [fʁaʊ ˈhɔlə] ; also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480.
Frau Holle (also known in various regions as Holla, Holda, Perchta, Berchta, Berta, or Bertha) was a folk figure whom the Grimms claimed survived in popular belief well into the 19th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mother Hulda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.