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Perchta

Perchta or Percht was yet another manifestation of Diana and was synonymous with Abonde as the leader of the host of the dead. Perchta was originally a goddess of vegetation and fertility from German mythology . She had many different names (and changed her sex) depending on the geographical region. In "southern Austria, in Carintia, among the the lovenes, 'Quantembermann' (the man of the four Ember days) or 'Kwaternik'; in Baden, in Swabia, in Switzerland, and with the Slovenes again, 'Frau Faste' (the lady of the Ember days) or similar names such as 'Posterli,' 'Quatemberca,'" and 'Fronfastenweiber' (Ginzburg 189, 190).

The goddess Perchta was also often considered another version of Holda, or Frau Holle.

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