The Many Faces of Berchta: From Hag to Gift-Giver

The Many Faces of Berchta: From Hag to Gift-Giver

• Model: EssenceOfReality

• Size: 1152 X 896 (1.03 MP)

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  • Prompt: A woman of many names, this German, Austrian, Swiss, and Alsatian spirit fulfills many roles. As Berchta, she is a beady-eyed, hooked-nosed hag with stringy grey hair and disheveled clothing. Parents threaten young children with her presence if they are untidy or misbehaved. As Butzenbercht, she is responsible for delivering presents to all the good children on Epiphany. However, if she is not sufficiently appeased with herrings and dumplings or pancakes at the Feast of Epiphany, she becomes the Stomach-Slasher, a demon who will rip open the stomachs of those who have wronged her, take her due, and then sew the wound with a plowshare as a needle and chains for thread. She who giveth can most definitely taketh away.
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  • Aspect Ratio: landscape