English: Mother Hulda

Record number: 23052503 Artist: Kubel, Otto (German, 1868-1951) Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Frau Holle / O. Kubel, pinx. Item caption/descriptive text, back: 3. Da lief das arme Mädchen weiter, kam an ein kleines Haus, aus welchem eine alte häßliche Frau herausguckte. Die Alte sprach: "Was fürchtest du dich, mein Kind? Bleib bei mir, mach alle Arbeit im Haus, so soll dir's gut gehen. Nur schüttele mein Bett ordentlich auf, daß die Federn fliegen, dann schneit es in der Wlt, denn ich bin Frau Holle." = Then the poor girl continued on, and came to a small house, from which an ugly old woman was looking out. The old woman said: "What are you afraid of, my child? Stay with me, do all the work in the house, and all will go well with you. Just shake my bed properly so that the feathers fly, and then it'll snow in the world, because I am Mother Hulda." Uniform title: Grimm: Frau Holle (“Mother Hulda”) Dimensions: 141 x 90 mm. Date: 1922 or earlier Nationality: German Publisher: Verlag: Farbenphotographische Gesellschaft m.b.H., Stuttgart, [Germany] Series: Serie 139 Nr. 3796 Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting Interpretive notes: The industrious stepdaughter goes to work for an old woman, Mother Hulda. When the girl shakes out her employer's featherbed, snow falls on the earth below. Subject headings: Snow

Credit: The Jack Zipes Historic Fairy Tale Postcard Collection/Minneapolis College of Art and Design