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The fairy tale [ ] Illustration of Mother Holle by Otto Kubel Background [ ] The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of , published in 1812.

Analysis [ ] Illustration by , 1882 Like many of the other tales collected by the Grimm brothers, "Frau Holle" personifies good behavior and bad, and the appropriate reward meted out for each.

In Bohemia, she is simply known as Frau Holle "Mrs.

Gimbutas, Marija 2001 The Living Goddesses Berkeley: University of California Press• James Stallybrass Grimm's Teutonic Mythology Volume 1.

The main activity of the Spillaholle is connected with , for she is the overseer of spinning taboos and a bogey used for spinning children.

"The Legend of Frau Holle.

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"'Bournemouth is,'" resumed their hostess, quoting a local rhyme to which she was much attached--" 'Bournemouth is, Poole was, and Swanage is to be the most important town of all and biggest of the three.

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