Holle (goddess)

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Holle is theorized as an ancient Germanic supreme goddess of birth, death and reincarnation who predates most of the Germanic pantheon, dating back to the Neolithic before Indo-European invasion of Europe.^{[citation needed]} She also appears as "Frau Holle" ("Mother Hulda") in Grimm's Fairy Tale #24. Alternative names for this goddess include Hel, Holla, Holda, Hulda, Hilde, Hilda, and many others.

[edit] See also

• Germanic paganism

[edit] References

• Gimbutas, Marija (2001). The Living Goddesses. Berkeley: University of California Press. 
• Grimm, Jacob; Wilhelm Grimm (1972). The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. New York: Pantheon.