Weiße Frauen
ancestor intermediate German single tradition · 3
Weiße Frauen are female spirits in German folklore.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Wekufe, Wentshukumishiteu, Wewe Gombel, Whowie, Wihwin, Winged genie, Wirry-cow, Wondjina, Wraith, Wulver, Wu Tou Gui, Wyrm, Witte Wieven, Witte Wiwer, will-o'-the-wisp, Wangliang, White Lady, Wechuge, Wendigo, Waldgeist, Wana-games-ak, Wani, Wanyūdō, Warg, Warraguk, Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak, Water monkey, Water sprite, Wati-kutjara, Wa-won-dee-a-megw
- allied with
- Dames Blanches
- cognate of
- Dames Blanches
- syncretized with
- Matres
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit”
#5472 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Dames Blanches have close counterparts in both name and characterization in neighboring northern countries: In Germany the Weiße Frauen and in the Dutch Low Countries the Witte Wieven.”
#6046 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Weiße Frauen (White Women of German mythology, similar)”
#8220 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5