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BERCHTA (English Bertha)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 767 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BERCHTA (
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English Bertha)  , a
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fairy in
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South
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German
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mythology . She was at first a benevolent spirit, the counterpart of
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Hulda in
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North German myth . Later her
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character changed and she came to be regarded as a
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witch . In
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Pagan times
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Berchta had the
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rank of a
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minor deity .

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