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Berchʹta [the white lady]

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This fairy, in Southern Germany, answers to Hulda (the gracious lady) of Northern Germany; but after the introduction of Christianity, when pagan deities were represented as demons, Berchta lost her former character, and became a bogie to frighten children.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bengodi
Benicia Boy
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin’s Mess
Bennaskar
Benshie, Benshee
Bent
Benvolio
Beppo
Berchta [the white lady]
Bereans
Berecynthian Hero
Berengarians
Berenice
Berg Folk
Bergæan (A)
Bergelmir
Berger
Bergomask
Berkley (Mr.)

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Hulda [the Benignant]
White Ladies [Les Dames Blanches]

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Berchta