Bertha
deity sky German folklore single tradition · 3
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #478 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 1600
- Historical notes
- Identified with Holda in canonical and church documents.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Artio, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, Epona, Frau Hulda, Werra, Dame Hulde, Heimchen, Moosleute, Holzleute, Hecate, Moosfräulein, Artemis (Diana)
- syncretized with
- Perchta, Abundia, Richella, Signora Oriente, Arada, Holda, Diana, Herodias, Hulda, Buschgroßmutter, Buschgroßemutter
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Later canonical and church documents make her synonymous with Diana, Herodias, Bertha, Richella, and Abundia.”
#6377 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“She is essentially the same spirit as Hulda or Bertha, the Wild Huntress – to whom local tales ascribe a following of children under the guise of the Heimchen”
#8603 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5