Frau Holle

"Frau Holle" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812, although similar stories exist in other cultures (including the Russian "Jack Frost" tale). The plot itself centers on two daughters, one beautiful and good while the other is ugly and lazy (and spoiled by their mother).
The good daughter falls down the well into a magical land. She meets Frau Holle, a kindly old woman who is the personification of winter and dutifully performs chores for her (including making her bed to create snow in the world). The daughter is rewarded with gold and returned home, but an attempt to have the other daughter receive the same reward fails due to her laziness.
==References==
*Samson played Frau Holle in Sesamstrasse Folge 2017 (2000).
*In Sesamstrasse Folge 2408 (2007), Wolle and Pferd wonder where snow comes from. They discover the story "Frau Holle" and re-enact it, with Wolle as Frau Holle and Pferd as the good daughter.
*A 2013 episode of Ernie & Bert Märchensongs adapts the story, with Finchen as Frau Holle, Bert as the good sister, and Ernie as the lazy one.
==External links==
*Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Index. "Frau Holle" and related texts.
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Category:Fairy Tales