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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 (See also:English Bertha) , a See also:fairy in See also:South See also:German See also:mythology. She was at first a benevolent spirit, the counterpart of See also:Hulda in See also:North German myth. Later her See also:character changed and she came to be regarded as a See also:witch. In See also:Pagan times Berchta had the See also:rank of a See also:minor deity.

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