Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hertha

Mother earth. Worshipped by all the Scandinavian tribes with orgies and mysterious rites, celebrated in the dark. Her veiled statue was transported from district to district by cows which no hand but the priest's was allowed to touch. Tacitus calls this goddess Cybele.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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