You are here:

1. » Home
2. » Areas
3. » Mythology
4. » Other mythologies
5. » Berchta

Cite/print/rate article
Send comment    References

by Micha F. Lindemans

A goddess of South German mythology. She is akin to the Hulda of North Germany, but after the introduction of Christianity she was degraded into a scary old woman to frighten children. Berchta was sometimes depicted with a long iron nose and one large foot.