Dame Hulde

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Dame Hulde is a figure with a snout who goes about to gainstay God and give him the lie. She is described as hanging her old ragfair about her, the straw-harness, and scraping it featly on her fiddle.

When

First attested
1500 CE
Attested period
1500 – 1500
Historical notes
Mentioned by M. Luther in 1522.

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Sources

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Source passages

“Here cometh up Dame Hulde with the snout, to wit, nature, and goeth about to gainstay her God and give him the lie, hangeth her old ragfair about her, the straw-harness; then falls to work and scrapes it featly on her fiddle. — M. Luther (1522)”

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