Holda
Holda is a figure in the folklore of Central and Northern Germany. Similarities between Baba Yaga and other beings in folklore may be due to either direct relation or cultural contact between the Eastern Slavs and other surrounding peoples.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First mentioned in 11th-century interpolation to the Canon Episcopi.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Holle, Chlungeri, akka, Berchtold, huldrekall, tusser, Astrild, Biel, Ercol, Frau Berchta, Freyja, Frigg, Dís, Jecha, Jofur, Lahra, Reto, Stuffo, Muma Pădurii, Syöjätär, Ježibaba, Jędza, gorska maika, vasorrú bába, Baba Korizma, Gvozdenzuba, Baba Roga, šumska majka, jaga baba, Pehta, Pehtra baba, kvatrna baba, kvatrnica, Baba Cloanța
- syncretized with
- Hulder, Huld, Diana, Herodias, Bertha, Richella, Abundia, Signora Oriente, Arada, Hecate, Artio, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, Epona, Artemis (Diana)
Mentioned by
- Muma Pădurii
- Syöjätär
- Ježibaba
- Jędza
- gorska maika
- vasorrú bába
- Baba Korizma
- Gvozdenzuba
- Baba Roga
- šumska majka
- jaga baba
- Pehta
- Pehtra baba
- kvatrna baba
- kvatrnica
- Baba Cloanța
and 14 more
Sources
Source passages
“In neighboring Germanic Europe, similarities have been observed between the Alpine Perchta and Holda or Holle in the folklore of Central and Northern Germany, and the Swiss Chlungeri.”
#5850 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Perchta or Berchta was known "precisely in those Upper German regions where Holda leaves off, in Swabia, in Alsace, in Switzerland, in Bavaria and Austria."”
#6395 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her name suggests that she is originally the same being as the völva divine figure Huld and the German Holda.”
#6617 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Holda Perchta”
#26185 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Holda, a purported deity proposed by Jacob Grimm”
#26220 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001