HOLD - goddess of the hearth by a Demon Pagano
Holda was one of the most important pre-Christian Germanic deity and, according to many scholars, his figure has many similarities with the Scandinavian goddess Frigg.
The information we have about Holda come mainly from the opera "Teutonic Mythology" by Jacob Grimm. Holda there is described as the goddess of the hearth, the matron of the spinners, the protector of pregnant women, the guardian of the house and pets, and is also associated with the winter, hunting, and magic of women.
While the cult of Odin's wife knows very little and there are sufficient sources to rebuild it, to Holga has survived until now thanks the folklore of German, Austrian and Swiss.
why scholars think that with Holda on the legends, we can now reconstruct the lost myth of Frigg. But
Holda is also associated with the Germanic deities Perchta (or Perchta / Berchta) and from Grimm by the scholar Lotte Motz. The cult of Perchta was present in the southern areas (Alsace, Switzerland, Bavaria, Bohemia, Austria, Carinthia), while that of Holda was practiced in the northern areas. Because of obvious similarities between these two gods, Perchta is seen as the alter ego of Holda, its southern cousin.
Holda there is described as an elderly woman with long teeth and tangled hair traveling in a car (or take a plow) paying a visit to the spirits of the unborn. One of his key roles was to protect the home, housewives and mothers but were assigned different tasks and duties. For example, it was believed that returning the children who were slow to return home or that rocks the cradles of newborn babies after the nurse had fallen asleep.
Holda was related to the winter season and, in fact, another form of the Goddess is that of a comely maiden robed white as snow.
shortcuts Holda with winter are mindful of adoration by the female spirits of the winter months in England and Scandinavia. One reason is certainly the common practice of spin out when it was too cold to work outdoors. The star symbol of Frigg in Orion is clearly visible only in the Northern Hemisphere during December, January and February. Then connects back to the work of the spinner during winter nights.
In Christian times, when Christmas Day was a tradition to put a bowl of milk to Holda on the table while the family went to church. The milk was left in the bowl was given to livestock in order to increase fertility.
Holda was also the matron of the spinners. In ancient times, the texture was a very important task for the housewife as an opportunity to earn money. This task was performed only after performing other household chores and, in fact, is usually held late in the evening by women more laborious. Even after the Industrial Revolution, the spinner woman was a symbol of virtue. Not surprisingly, therefore a 'goddess of the hearth' and protector of the house had a special interest in weaving.
Holda traveled Trai villages inspecting the handiwork of women by rewarding the industrious spinners with gifts: distaffs loaded with the most excellent flax or gold thread. In some cases Holda ended the work of the spinner during the night. The drifters, however, were punished and their work were tangled and broken, and their distaffs were burned.
Holda also punished women who worked during the Christmas season, Sundays or days of the saints, although it is rather ironic to think of a pagan goddess as a patron of a Christian tradition, this is a clear demonstration of how ancient legends can be adapt to new beliefs, a kind of opportunism.
A popular story tells how Holda befriends a poor farmer in a magic cave atop a mountain. In this story the goddess appears as a beautiful queen surrounded by her maids in the middle of a room full of precious stones and gold. Holda asked the farmer what he wanted as a gift to him, intimidated, said that flowers that she carried in her hand would have been a blessing enough. The farmer was lucky because the flowers in question were of the flax plant, the time is still unknown in the world of men. Holda gave him a bag of flax seed, and when the crop was mature, she taught at the farmer's wife to use the flax for weaving.
Holda is also believed that was the cause of many natural phenomena when shaking her pillows was snowing when the fire is lit the mist rose, when he washed down the rain and when he worked flax began to thunder . It was said also that she made her fertile fields and woke up the apple trees in spring. In the legends
Holda also had a dark side. As a reward the deserving, the goddess punished the lazy and cruel. Many stories were said to Hold to scare children and make sure that you behave and not rebel against their mothers. In one of these stories
Holda went at night to get naughty children to put them in a bag, then cut off their stomachs and filled them with straw and dirt.
But this dark side appears mainly in the Christian era, when all the pagan traditions were demonized and the ancient gods were transformed into hideous demons to fear. In pagan times
Holda was primarily the protector of mothers and children. Its powers were extended in the sky and the earth was a goddess of fertility and was tied to the doom. He was the embodiment of female wisdom and abilities of women were his gift to the world, a goddess of peace and stability.
E 'thought by some scholars that the Germanic Holda groped is possible to recreate the role of the Norse goddess Frigg, shed light on his image and rebuild its cult.
Just think about the history of the gift of linen, where the connection between Frigg and Holda is very evident. Holda is described as a queen surrounded by faithful maids, and so it is fried in the Scandinavian myth.
Both are connected to the home, fate, magic and, above all, spinning. In Scandinavia the constellation we call Orion's Belt was known as 'Rockrete of Friggjar' or the 'Frigg's distaff'. The connections of the sky Holda argue more so the connection to Frigg as the `Queen of Heaven '.
The time (for spin) was a powerful symbol for our pagan ancestors, it represented femininity, virtue and wisdom of women. In Scandinavian myths
the Norns sit Zone and weave the destiny of man. The same knowledge of Frigg's future is linked to its role as a spinner.
However, Holda are many aspects and connections not only to Frigg as well as with other natural gods. It was a very important Germanic gods and as such had many roles and powers. The tradition of honoring
Holda is a clear survival of a cult linked to a Germanic gods. While the worship of ancient gods was suppressed in silence, the legends about Holda have adapted over the centuries almost "getting old".
Christianity, unfortunately, has also left its mark in the legends to Hold. In many stories, in fact, Holda is a nasty old queen of the witches. This is to support the notion that because a pagan goddess, Holda must be a demon. Fortunately, the negative impact of this superstition has buried all of his qualities which are benign been faithfully recorded in the German legends.
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